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swill

n.
US //ˈswɪɫ// UK //swˈɪl// swill Archaic Informal
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Origin

From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic swilljan, from Proto-Germanic swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.

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