swill
noun
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
swilling
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present participleof swill.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Our titular tabby is living a swashbuckler’s life, swilling leche, singing songs, saving towns, raking in the adoration and accolades, when he dies his eighth death, landing him on his ninth, and final, life.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Our titular tabby is living a swashbuckler’s life, swilling leche, singing songs, saving towns, raking in the adoration and accolades, when he dies his eighth death, landing him in his ninth, and final, life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
After six seasons swilling whiskey and deadpanning, the sweater-wearing title character of this animated Hollywood satire is putting down the reins.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
Stretches and meditation come first, followed by swilling oil in her mouth for several minutes “to clean out all the guck and detoxify teeth and gums”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2020
Kingfisher Meadows was all rain-stained walls, dripping bird tables, wet gnomes, swilling ponds, and shiny rockeries.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
