swill
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8.5
- noun
- /swɪl/
:
sobras de cocina
- - Eleven cases of swill gone to market, boys.
- feed swill to pigs
- swill for hogs
- slop and swill
Examples
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On the morning of the murder, he was out collecting swill to feed his stock.
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How do they eat that swill without dying?
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and then throw them out on the swill pile.
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Would Master Hopkins help with the pollard for the pig's swill?
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The farmer poured the swill into the trough for the pigs to eat.
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After dinner, we saved the leftover food as swill for the livestock.
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He knew the best way to avoid waste was to collect the swill after meal prep.
Synonyms
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6.4
Wet, unappetizing food often fed to animals
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9.3
Wet food made from kitchen waste mixed with water or milk to feed pigs
A wet mix of kitchen scraps and water used to feed pigs
Kitchen waste mixed with water or milk that people feed to pigs
Compounds
- Informal
False or useless information that does not show the real situation
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swill probably comes from old words meaning 'to drink' or 'to wash', and was used for the messy, watery food left over from a kitchen. Think of scraps mixed with water that animals can swallow — that picture explains why swill now means food waste fed to pigs.