1
as in gorged
to eat greedily or to excess
they can spend hours at the pub, drinking, chatting, and swilling
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as in sipped
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 swilled
And as always, players swilled beer out of it in front of cheering crowds at the Elbo Room in Fort Lauderdale.
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Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swilled
Verb
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Alison sipped on her usual -- a sweet cocktail.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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For all of the range of flavor and aroma embodied in their various expressions, there is a chewiness to the whiskeys of Garrison Brothers, an almost slippery sensation when sipped.—
Brian Freedman,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bidunga feasted on the Baylor bigs inside while racking up blocks on the other end.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2026
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However, hitters feasted on his low-90s fastball, making tons of hard contact.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Last summer, a Gallup poll found that only fifty-four per cent of Americans drank, the lowest share in nearly a century.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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The report references the case of a detainee at an ICE facility who drank tap water that was contaminated with high levels of chlorine.—
Lautaro Grinspan,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Swilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swilled. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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