place is sure swellelegant! It is not
swellelegant. Her car is just swellelegant.swellheadn. a conceited person. To m
is getting to be such a swellhead. I wish
that swellhead would spend more time
elsewhere!
swift 1. mod. smart and clever. Excuse
my brother. He’s not too swift. Dave is
doing well in school. He’s swift, and he likes
his classes. 2. mod. sexually fast or easy,
usually said of a woman. Tracy is swift
they say, but I find her to be a perfect
lady.Clare is not only swift, she has a
reputation.
swig 1. n. a deep drink of liquor; a swallow
of liquor. She took a swig of rum and
leaped into the lagoon. One swig of that
stuff was enough for me. 2. tv. to drink
liquor deeply. He nearly swigged the
whole bottle before he needed to take a
breath. She swigged a big gulp and just
stood there—bottle in her hand—and be-
came paralyzed.
swigged and swiggled [swIgd and
“swIgld] mod. alcohol intoxicated; tipsy.
Man, is she ever swigged! He is too
swiggled to drive.
swiggledGo to swigged.
swill 1. n. liquor. This swill is awful.
Please give me some beer. The swill they
serve here is better than you can get else-
where. 2. n. a drink of liquor. How
about a swill out of your glass? Here, you
can have a little swill of mine. 3. tv. & in.
to drink liquor. Ted is in his room swill-
ing like a madman. He swilled a whole
case of beer yesterday. Isn’t he joyful yet?
- n. any nasty food or drink. Let’s go
over to the ptomaine-domain and get our
evening swill. Man does not live by swill
alone. Let’s go to McDuck’s instead.
swill-upn. a drinking bout. There was
a swill-up at the frat house last week. I
never miss a swill-up.
swimming in somethingin. having lots of
something. Right now we are swim-
ming in merchandise. In a month it will be
gone. The Wilmington-Thorpes are just
swimming in money.
swimminglymod. quite nicely. I’m hav-
ing a fine time here. Everything is going
along just swimmingly. The plans are
moving ahead swimmingly.swindle sheetn. an expense account
record sheet or book. I turned in my
swindle sheet yesterday, and no one chal-
lenged the $400 for new shoes. The gov-
ernment makes it hard to put just anything
on your swindle sheet these days.swing 1. in. [for a person] to be up to date
and modern. Tom really swings. Look
at those blue suede shoes! I used to
swing, but then age and good taste over-
took me. 2. in. [for a party or other event]
to be fun or exciting. This party really
swings! I’ve never been to a gathering
that swings like this one. 3. in. to be in-
volved in sexual fads, group sex, or the
swapping of sexual partners. Carol says
that Tom, Ted, and Heidi swing. How does
she know? There is a lot less swinging
going on since these strange diseases have
spread. 4. tv. to bring something off; to
execute a deal. This is a very important
deal. I hope I can swing it. They want
to elect me president of the club. I hope
they can swing it.swing both waysin. to be bisexual.
They say that Gary swings both ways, but
I wouldn’t know. Since he swings both
ways, he may stand a better chance at
finding a date.swinger 1. n. a person who participates in
innovative sexual activities. (See also
swing.) Is Gary a swinger? I’ve heard
talk about him. We watched a movie
about a swinger, but everything interesting
happened in dim blue light. 2. n. a youth-
ful, socially active, and knowledgeable
person. Those kids are real swingers.
Tom is a swinger. Look at those mod shoes.swingingmod. great. We had a swing-
ing time at John’s rally. The concert was
swinging—nothing like it, ever.swing into high gearin. to begin operat-
ing at a fast pace; to increase the rate of
activity. During the winter season we
swing into high gear around here. Theswellhead