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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
Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
Zoo officials swill announce the winning names on November 9.
—Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
In his acceptance speech by video, Michael Hardy — who records as simply Hardy — shotgunned a can of beer, sharing a remote toast to his fellow winners while the music-industry attendees and recipients swilled wine and other drinks from the free bar.
—Neil Pond, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Most people pay little attention to the swill of microscopic bugs inside us.
—Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
Zoo officials swill announce the winning names on November 9.
—Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
Verb
In the main room, people swilled beers and looked at some of the photos from the book, which had been printed and framed.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
In his acceptance speech by video, Michael Hardy — who records as simply Hardy — shotgunned a can of beer, sharing a remote toast to his fellow winners while the music-industry attendees and recipients swilled wine and other drinks from the free bar.
—Neil Pond, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swill
Noun
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It’s garnished with star anise to add a nice little kick with every sip.—
Christina Liao,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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Pair those with a glass of housemade horchata made with morro seeds, which give each sweet sip a warm, nutty flavor boost.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The dough had a hole in it, and disintegrated into sloppy goo in the oven.—
Saahil Desai,
The Atlantic,
6 Dec. 2024
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There were photorealistic renderings of male and female heads and bodies festooned with strange confetti-like colored goo.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Failure to do so is akin to gorging oneself at a restaurant, then dashing out the door saying your credit card is maxed out.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
20 Dec. 2024
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Two months after the Uni gorged themselves on Udon noodles every day, the edible part of Uni grew from 4.8% to 17.5% on average, far above the marketable percentage of 10%.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Cats appear to be more susceptible to bird flu as dozens of cats have died from eating raw pet food or drinking raw milk contaminated with the virus.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
28 Jan. 2025
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But even two people who drink the same amount may be affected differently, depending on their genes and other risk factors.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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After an hour at 19,000 g’s, cell wall debris packs down as leaden glop at the bottom of a tube.—
Will Hively,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Verb
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Williams, in igniting a starting five that had four players crack double digits in scoring against the Suns, was extremely impressive, feasting inside to the tune of a season-best 24 points, 16 rebounds, four assists and a block.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2025
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This feels like a game in which Bosa, Khalil Mack and the rest of the Chargers rushers can feast.—
Daniel Popper,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In a state of unimaginable desperation, Islam and his family would also turn to water, gulping it in desperate attempts to fill their stomachs.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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But being exposed to an ambient, low-level dose of germs is very different from gulping down a concentrated slug of them.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Artificial intelligence is being employed to deny health insurance claims, smother the internet with slop and eliminate jobs.—
Michelle Goldberg,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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This isn’t to suggest that critics should be more permissive toward Hollywood slop at a moment when mediocrity is more pernicious than ever.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Nov. 2024
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“Swill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swill. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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