swilling

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noun

Greedy drinking.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of swill
nounswilling (plural swillings)

plural swillings

  1. Greedy drinking.

    Amid raucous shouts and swillings of beer they informed Tommy that he had just been awarded an immediate bar to his D.F.C. […]

    1942, Charles Graves, The Avengers, page 24

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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