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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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During another work trip, the source alleges, Gatto insisted his employees come back to his room to drink, despite publicly claiming to be sober in interviews (and frequently boasting that he’s never had a sip of alcohol before, per the source).—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The extra layer of oak brings out smoky undertones that complement the bitters, while the bourbon’s velvety texture ensures a smooth and luxurious sip.—
Emily Price,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The plastic — salvaged from a waste site and beach cleanup in Cape Town — is melted down into a black goo and turned into sculptures, Olivier tells Axios.—
Martin Vassolo,
Axios,
6 Dec. 2024
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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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May brings a chance to celebrate the 150 cultures represented in the city with celebrations like Japan Fes (gorge yourself on everything from yakisoba to matcha sweets).—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
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Tykwer was one of a new generation of film geek obsessives, autodidacts who gorged themselves on midnight screenings, VHS tapes and repertory theaters, whose movies would mash up the tropes and obsessions of cinema history with the fresh aesthetics of video games and music videos.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Tonya drinks too much and is blacked out most of the time.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Currently, more than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, drink fluoridated water.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 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
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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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That prompted at least a week’s worth of coverage, because the British press can be relied upon to feast on the lowest-hanging fruits.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Whether a requiem is due for rom-coms or not, in the meantime there's at least a conveyor belt of cringe to feast upon.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Slurp your bev up like a straw or tip the bottle back to gulp it down.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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That would have been like the Celtics willingly trading, gulp, Paul Pierce to the Heat at one point.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Located within an hour of three major New England mountain resorts (Stratton, Snow, and Okemo), its streamlined decor, sleeping loft, and ceiling fan make for a serene retreat from any future slop action.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
22 Feb. 2025
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Such catastrophic malfunctions aside, most of the time conifer resin slops over the gash and remains tacky for days afterward.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Swill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swill. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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