Английский Этимологический словарь - swill
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~1 v 1 to wash an area by pouring a lot of water over it or into it (swill sth down/out) (Get a bucket to swill the yard down.) 2 informal to drink something in large amounts (He does nothing but swill beer all day.) ~2 n 1 food for pigs, mostly made of unwanted bits of human food (- see also pigswill) 2 the act of washing something by pouring a lot of water over it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(swills, swilling, swilled) 1. If you swill an alcoholic drink, you drink a lot of it. A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer. VERB: V n 2. If a liquid swills around, or if you swill it around, it moves around the area that it is contained in. Gallons of sea water had rushed into the cabin and were now swilling about in the bilges... She swilled the whisky around in her glass. VERB: V around/about, V n around/about 3. Swill is a liquid mixture containing waste food that is given to pigs to eat. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English swilen, from Old English ~an Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. wash, drench 2. to drink great drafts of ; guzzle ~ beer 3. to feed (as a pig) with ~ intransitive verb 1. to drink or eat freely, greedily, or to excess 2. swash • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1553 1. something suggestive of slop or garbage ; refuse 2. a. a semiliquid food for animals (as swine) composed of edible refuse mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk b. garbage ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by out) rinse or flush; pour water over or through. 2 tr. & intr. drink greedily. --n. 1 an act of rinsing. 2 mainly liquid refuse as pig-food. 3 inferior liquor. Derivatives swiller n. Etymology: OE swillan, swilian, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. полоскание, обливание водой to give smth. a swill (out) —- ополоснуть что-л. 2. помои (для свиней); пойло 3. неумеренное употребление спиртного; пьянство 4. полоскать, обливать (водой; также swill out) to swill (out) a basin —- ополоснуть таз 5. разг. жадно и много пить; напиваться to swill oneself with beer —- накачаться пивом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) полоскание, обливание водой 2) помои (для свиней), пойло 2. v. 1) полоскать, обливать водой (часто swill out/down); Dont forget to swill out the bottle before returning it to the milkman. 2) coll. жадно пить, лакать (тж. swill down); Peter is in the kitchen, swilling down the beer as usual. ...Англо-русский словарь
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