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as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling
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as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
they gathered in the break room each morning to swill coffee together before the morning meeting
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Recent Examples of swill
Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
With each new building taking care of its own runoff, and these two huge tanks behind us picking up the slack, the Gowanus Canal would be spared the putrid mix of sewage, rainwater, and gutter swill that pours into it whenever the city’s combined sewer system is overwhelmed.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 June 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Editors and influencers piled into the train-carriage narrow Ojii restaurant on the Left Bank, swilling lychee martinis and Champagne before settling in for rounds of wagyu beef, tuna tartare, tempura and — of course — sushi.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Lots of mud, mixed with blood and guts, because what’s Westeros if not a queasy swill of muck and bodily fluids?
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
With each new building taking care of its own runoff, and these two huge tanks behind us picking up the slack, the Gowanus Canal would be spared the putrid mix of sewage, rainwater, and gutter swill that pours into it whenever the city’s combined sewer system is overwhelmed.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 June 2025
Verb
Vicky Dawson is loopy and judgmental as Becca’s wine-swilling mom Nat.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Editors and influencers piled into the train-carriage narrow Ojii restaurant on the Left Bank, swilling lychee martinis and Champagne before settling in for rounds of wagyu beef, tuna tartare, tempura and — of course — sushi.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swill
Noun
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When the weather is warm, guests can also drift out to the patio with their sips and snacks, which will be set up with 30 seats.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Dec. 2025
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Plus, the character art stamps—my Black Panther one was almost too cute to sip—were a must-have.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Solutions might require Gordon’s goo-gun cannon to jam up gears, or Batgirl's hacking Batarang, for example.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2026
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The black goo biofilm can be cleaned off with minimal effort.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2026
Verb
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But gorging on pollen alone wasn’t enough to lengthen a life.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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With the third season of ‘The Vampire Lestat’–AMC’s series adaptation of Anne Rice’s iconic vampire novels of the same name–underway, viewers are once again gorging on a visual feast thanks to costume designer Lex Wood.—
Caroline Reilly,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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To create the rankings, the team put together a seed list of cities around the globe known for party atmosphere and scored them based on factors such as safety, bar and pub density, available nighttime activities, average dinner costs, drink prices, venue ratings, and typical closing times.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Dec. 2025
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Avoid using a straw while drinking.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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It’s not made explicitly clear if these seemingly sympathetic kids are actually his worst bullies, but Machado-Graner’s eyes, lip twitch, and throat gulp in this short sequence tell a whole story in themselves.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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The former Illinois House speaker, once the most powerful politician in the state, weighed in on a matter on which this page has opined more than once and (gulp) the once-powerful Democrat agreed with us.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2026
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Trump’s taste is the stuff of legend, a sort of grotesque of the conventional, with his gold baroque glop and fake tans and bright-red neckties—everything gesturing toward high-end elegance but always wrong somehow, always slightly too much.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Consider transplanting smaller plants farther away so that feasting birds will leave their messy droppings elsewhere.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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When the Knicks hosted the Spurs on Christmas Day last season, Wembanyama feasted with 42 points, 18 rebounds, four assists and four blocks.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
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The 2026 Iran war, a conflict centered on Iran that was initiated by the United States and Israel, also provided fodder for AI slop and slopaganda.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 June 2026
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Jacob Elordi, but everything about him has crossed the Rubicon into taste slop and chic slop.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
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“Swill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swill. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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