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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
Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2023
Clearing forests for farmland pushed a bat species to the forest edge, where pig farmers had set up; bats settled in trees over the pig pens and contaminated the swill the pigs were fed; pigs got sick and were culled; humans picked up the infection from their pigs, then died.
—Maryn McKenna, Wired, 2 Dec. 2020
Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
Many foods and drinks are salty, including—as Tremble noted—the cups of Gatorade that those guys are always swilling in the dugout.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Near the cap, each jug had a single loop big enough for one finger to slip in—not ergonomic, but perfect for tilting it up to your mouth for a quick swill.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2023
Clearing forests for farmland pushed a bat species to the forest edge, where pig farmers had set up; bats settled in trees over the pig pens and contaminated the swill the pigs were fed; pigs got sick and were culled; humans picked up the infection from their pigs, then died.
—Maryn McKenna, Wired, 2 Dec. 2020
Verb
The boss wants you in traffic and swilling stale office coffee again.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
Many foods and drinks are salty, including—as Tremble noted—the cups of Gatorade that those guys are always swilling in the dugout.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swill
Noun
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The first sip sets the mood for an exciting trip to come.—
Katie Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Gargle small sips of the salt water for 10-15 seconds.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Here’s a recipe for Christina Tosi’s cinnamon buns with brown sugar goo.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Unlike liquid sanitizer, wipes won't leak in your bag, which means no surprise goo on your stuff.—
Gregory Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Over the next few months, the fry will gorge themselves on thousands of tiny crustaceans each week, while the institution’s Animal Care team will be hard at work to ensure that as many as possible can reach full maturity.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Rubinoff has already brought several into the lab, where the caterpillars can gorge themselves on Drosophila pupae with no fear of spiders interrupting the feast.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sure, standing around drinking beer and grilling is fun.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
21 June 2025
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But no one is really watching that; this event is about drinking and being seen, or just catching up with friends.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Noun
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But mostly, Cronenberg jacks up his own career-long obsessions with glop and grunge and decay to fever pitch.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Plaster bandages, the type used in bone-setting casts, go over the glop.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Cruisers can feast on a multi-course buffet dinner and enjoy a premium open bar, while enjoying stunning views of the Manhattan skyline during the three-hour sail.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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When my daughter and I are outside, these pesky blood suckers feast.—
Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
24 June 2025
Verb
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Read More: When to Go to the Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care Keeping your head above water can help reduce the likelihood of gulping down germs.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Astronomers have captured the clearest view to date of a massive young star gulping down swirling gas, offering a rare glimpse into how these cosmic titans grow to their enormous sizes.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The servings come from the ether, a bottomless well of mushy, purposeless, dissociated slop.—
Emma Goldberg,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Large language models and other generative-AI tools are stuffing the world with content, much of it, to use the term du jour, absolute slop.—
Nitin Nohria,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2025
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“Swill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swill. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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