# swill

> English word · Noun · IPA /swɪl/ · frequency rank #65,548

## Definitions
1. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
2. Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
3. Anything disgusting or worthless.
4. A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
5. Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
6. A badly-thrown pass.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swill