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pigswill

noun

Meaning

  • Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

    "After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."

  • An untrue statement.

    "He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense."

  • That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

  • Something foolish.

  • A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

  • A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Synonyms

absurdity,
contradiction,
silliness,
stupidity,
unreasoning,
absurdity,
falsehood,
lie,
rubbish,
tosh,
untruth

noun

Meaning

  • (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.

  • (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.

    "I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill."

  • (by extension) Anything disgusting or worthless.

    "This new TV show is a worthless load of swill."

  • A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.

    "He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words."

  • Inexpensive beer or alcohol.

  • (Ultimate Frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.

Synonyms

pigswill,
slops,
hogwash,
slops,
swig