swill
noun
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
is swilling
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present progressiveof swill (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At this very moment—it's about the nursery bed-time, and while yonder good-for-nothing is swilling his wine—the little ones are at Laura's knees lisping their prayers: and she is teaching them to say—'Pray God bless Papa.'
From The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray
