swill
noun
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
swills
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present tense formof swill (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Algal blooms happen when pollution, such as nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer, swills with warm water.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2019
He was taught to make swills in 1988 by John Barker, who has since died.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2014
Downstairs in the bowels of the auction house, Zachariah Onditi slurps, swills and spits rows of amber liquids in his laboratory with the practiced methodology of a wine master.
From Time ● Jan. 8, 2013
Photograph: Sarah Lee The wicked world of the internet, of course, swills with bile as well as blessedly free information.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2010
Not that Grim ever swills anything stronger than root beer.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
