Swill v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swilled p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.]
1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.]
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak.
2. To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. --Smollett.
3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
Of such late wassailers. --Milton.
swilling
n : the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: gulping, guzzling]