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Word entry · 5 letters

swill

Best crossword clue

"Gulp greedily"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /swɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted illswStarts with SEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

Word origin

From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.

Used in a sentence

  • I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
  • This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
  • He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.

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