pigswill

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noun

swill: slops fed to pigs

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Meanings

nounpigswill (uncountable)
  1. uncountableswill: slops fed to pigs

    He came down the slope towards the church at speed, holding his breath against the smell of warmed pigswill from the sty.

    2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 179

    Synonyms: hogwash, pigwash

  2. figurativelyuncountablenonsense, rubbish

    ‘With respect, Professor . . .’ ‘Pigswill! You don’t respect me. You fear me, are irritated by me, envy me . . . you everything me, but you do not respect me.[…]’

    1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 36

    Synonyms: hogwash

Synonyms & antonyms

nounswill: slops fed to pigs

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hogwashpigwash

nounnonsense, rubbish

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hogwash

More synonyms by meaning

nounwet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

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slopslopsswillpigwash
Broader
feedprovender
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nonsensepigwashslopslopsswill

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pig + swill.

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APA

pigswill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigswill

MLA

“pigswill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigswill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pigswill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigswill.

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