Swilling
noun
1.
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
2.
kitchen refuse in general; garbage.
3.
any liquid mess, waste, or refuse; slop.
4.
a deep draught of liquor.
5.
contemptibly worthless utterance or writing; drivel.
verb (used without object)
6.
to drink greedily or excessively.
verb (used with object)
7.
to drink (something) greedily or to excess; guzzle.
8.
to feed (animals) with swill:
to swill hogs.
9.
Chiefly British. to wash by rinsing or flooding with water.
verb
1.
to drink large quantities of (liquid, esp alcoholic drink); guzzle
2.
(mainly Brit) (transitive) often foll by out. to drench or rinse in large amounts of water
3.
(transitive) to feed swill to (pigs, etc)
noun
4.
wet feed, esp for pigs, consisting of kitchen waste, skimmed milk, etc
5.
garbage or refuse, esp from a kitchen
6.
a deep draught of drink, esp beer
7.
any liquid mess
8.
the act of swilling
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