Meaning & use
Swilling
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Drinking a liquid greedily and in large quantities, or rinsing something out with water.
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The men sat in the pub swilling beer long after closing time was announced.
She swilled out the paint bucket before storing it in the shed.
A note on using this word
Originally referring to the sloshing of liquid, the word later gained an informal, often disapproving sense of drinking excessively.
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sipping
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