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• swill — swill1 [swıl] v [: Old English; Origin: swillan] 1.) [T] BrE to wash something by pouring a lot of water over it or into it swill sth away/down/out ▪ Get a bucket to swill the yard down. 2.) [I and T] if a liquid swills around or you swill it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• swill — 1 verb (T) 1 to wash an area by pouring a lot of water over it or into it: swill sth down/out: Get a bucket to swill the yard down. 2 informal to drink something in large amounts: He does nothing but swill beer all day. 2 noun 1 (U) food for pigs …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• swill — I. verb Etymology: Middle English swilen, from Old English swillan Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. wash, drench 2. to drink great drafts of ; guzzle < swill beer > 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Beer in New Zealand — Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in New Zealand, accounting for 63% of available alcohol for sale.[1] New Zealand is ranked 19th in beer consumption per capita, at around 75.5 litres per person per annum. The vast majority of beer… …   Wikipedia

• Swill — has several uses: *Swill can refer to any cheap, usually poor tasting beverage, especially beer or liquor of many kinds, or to food unfit for human consumption. This usage is likely derived from the term pig swill, which is a generic term for… …   Wikipedia

• swill — 1. n. liquor. □ This swill is awful. Please give me some beer. □ The swill they serve here is better than you can get elsewhere. 2. n. a drink of liquor. □ How about a swill out of your glass? □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• swill — swill1 [ swıl ] noun uncount 1. ) a liquid containing waste food, used for feeding pigs 2. ) INFORMAL talk or writing that is nonsense swill swill 2 [ swıl ] verb 1. ) transitive to drink a large amount of something, especially alcohol, in an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• swill — I UK [swɪl] / US verb Word forms swill : present tense I/you/we/they swill he/she/it swills present participle swilling past tense swilled past participle swilled 1) [transitive] to drink a large amount of something, especially alcohol, in an… …   English dictionary

• swill — [[t]swɪ̱l[/t]] swills, swilling, swilled 1) VERB If you swill an alcoholic drink, you drink a lot of it. [V n] A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer. 2) V ERG If a liquid swills around, or if you swill it around, it moves around the… …   English dictionary

• Six o'clock swill — The Six o clock swill was the last minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. During a significant part of the 20th century, Australian and New Zealand hotels shut their public bars at 6 p.m.; between finishing work (5 p.m.) and… …   Wikipedia

• six o'clock swill —    Australian/New Zealand    an excessive drinking of beer    An Antipodean phenomenon arising from aridity, machismo, thirst, and unhelpful licensing laws:     During those months we considered their sunlit way of life in every State, from… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms