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pigswill

pigswill noun: swill: slops fed to pigs.

Noun

pigswill (uncountable)

  1. swill: slops fed to pigs
    • He came down the slope towards the church at speed, holding his breath against the smell of warmed pigswill from the sty.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 179
    Synonyms:
    hogwash, pigwash
  2. (figuratively) nonsense, rubbish
    • ‘With respect, Professor . . .’
      ‘Pigswill! You don’t respect me. You fear me, are irritated by me, envy me . . . you everything me, but you do not respect me.[…]’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 36
    Synonyms:
    hogwash

Synonyms of pigswill

Origin of pigswill

From pig + swill.

Questions about pigswill

What does pigswill mean?
Pigswill means swill: slops fed to pigs.
What part of speech is pigswill?
Pigswill is a noun.

Words near pigswill in the dictionary

  1. pigstuck
  2. pigsty
  3. pigstye
  4. pigstyes
  5. pigswash
  6. pigswill
  7. pigtail
  8. pigtail macaque
  9. pigtail macaques
  10. pigtailed
  11. pigtailing

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