swill

1. 1.

   feed pigs

   Synonymsslop

   Broaderfeed
2. 2.

   drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

   Synonymsswill down

   Broaderdrink

1. 1.

   wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

   Synonymsslopslopspigswillpigwash

   Broaderfeed

Other forms of swill

plural

swills·

past tense

swilled·

present participle

swilling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about swill

What does swill mean?

swill means "feed pigs". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in swill?

swill has 1 syllable: swill. In IPA it is /ˈswɪl/.

What is another word for swill?

Close synonyms include slop, swill down, slop, slops, pigswill. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swill a common word?

swill is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.