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swills

swills is the plural of swill.

Meaning of swill

Noun

swill (countable and uncountable, plural swills)

  1. (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
    Synonyms:
    hogwash, slops, pigswill
  2. (broadly) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
    • I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
  3. (broadly, figuratively) Anything disgusting or worthless.
    • This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
  4. (informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
    • He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.
    Synonyms:
    swig
  5. (informal) Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
    • Kesh's assistant, Wilma, wants to surprise Kesh with some bootlegged swill from Kadara.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Task: Beer Run
  6. (ultimate frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.

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Phrases with swills

Questions about swills

What is swills the plural of?
Swills is the plural of swill.

Words near swills in the dictionary

  1. swillings
  2. swillking
  3. swillkings
  4. swillpot
  5. swillpots
  6. swills
  7. swills down
  8. swilltub
  9. swilltubs
  10. swim
  11. swim bladder

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