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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
Maryn McKenna, Wired, 2 Dec. 2020
Most people pay little attention to the swill of microscopic bugs inside us.
—Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Donning a cropped black wig and always swilling a martini, Johansson fit perfectly in Anderson’s Americana milieu.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 May 2023
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Noun
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
Most people pay little attention to the swill of microscopic bugs inside us.
—Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
Verb
The dynamic was palpable last week, as Vladimir V. Putin casually announced plans to run for six more years as president of Russia, swilling champagne and bragging about the increasing competence of Russia’s military.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Donning a cropped black wig and always swilling a martini, Johansson fit perfectly in Anderson’s Americana milieu.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swill
Noun
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One sip of the Meet Cute—gin, orange wine, chickweed, lemon, and honey—took me straight to the height of summer.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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The influence of the barrel is evident in every sip—the gentle infusion of vanilla, caramel, spice, and sometimes even a whisper of smoke.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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At Gropius Bau, black goo dripped from a handblown hourglass counting down specifically to the end of the exhibition.—
Emily McDermott,
ARTnews.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years.—
Isaiah Colbert,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Paddington doesn’t gorge on sadness, as I’ve been known to do.—
Rachel Sherman,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The midshipmen poured water into the cup, taking turns drinking from it in a victory celebration.—
Tyrone Turner,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
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Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Suddenly the glops and drips look sonic, like musical bursts and pings.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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His breakthrough short movie-sculpture-painting, Men Getting Sick (1960), involved casting his own head in plaster, and applying more of the glop to the screen.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
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The Warriors feasted in that game against any Grizzlies lineup that featured Santi Aldama.—
Anthony Slater,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Contrast this with today’s reality: isolated vendors, running alone, while attackers feast on the gaps.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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That meant, gulp, 11 hot dogs had to be consumed in the game, which lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Papa uses this moment to gulp the wine in Elijah's cup.—
Holly Rizzuto Palker,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sure, the frenetic yet ultra-precise algorithm—perfectly calibrated for carving little communities out of the internet ether—had negative consequences, boosting some pure slop.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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But maybe the greatest sin of all of this is how, as social media has been flooded by pure slop masquerading as Ghibli work, one of the company’s greatest and most eternally relevant films has returned to theaters now, more beautiful and brilliant than ever.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Swill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swill. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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