swilling
Gulping down booze
Swilling is drinking greedily or in large quantities: They spent the evening swilling beer.
The word suggests unrefined consumption—guzzling rather than sipping.
Swilling also means washing or rinsing by sloshing liquid around: swilling out the bucket.
Both senses share the idea of liquid moving freely and abundantly.
Swallowing hastily, noisily
- quaffingDrinking deeply, eagerly
- chuggingDrinking rapidly, continuously
- slurpingDrinking with audible suction
- swiggingDrinking in large mouthfuls
imbibing · downing · knocking back · draining · slugging · nursing · sipping · draft
Liquid shifting audibly
- splashingLiquid striking noisily
- swishingSoft brushing sound
- rinsingClearing with water
- flushingWashing by water surge
dousing · washing out · hosing · bucket · slops · dregs · rinse water · slop bucket
gulping
Swallowing hastily, noisily
- quaffingDrinking deeply, eagerly
- chuggingDrinking rapidly, continuously
- slurpingDrinking with audible suction
swigging · imbibing · downing · knocking back · draining · slugging · nursing · sipping · draft · gulp
sloshing
Liquid shifting audibly
flushing · dousing · washing out · hosing · bucket · slops · dregs · rinse water · slop bucket
sloshing
Liquid shifting audibly
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- tipsinessLight intoxication state
- stuporSuspended sensibility
sloshed · hammered · plastered · boozy · besotted · pickled · soused · tanked · wasted · loaded
swillingsipping
Drinking in small mouthfuls
savoring · tasting · sampling · nursing · nursing a drink
swillingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
fasting · refraining · holding back · moderating · rationing