English Explanatory Dictionary

swally

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of swallowing.
  2. A throat or gullet.
  3. A drink or gulp.
  4. A drinking session.
verb
  1. To swallow (food etc).

Pronunciation

/ˈswalɪ/

Word forms

swally swallies swallie swelly swilly swolly swallys swallying swallied

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English swelgh (“throat, whirlpool, pit”), from Old English ġeswelg, swelh, from Proto-West Germanic *swelg, swalgi, from Proto-Germanic *swelgaz, *swalgiz; thus a dialectal form of swallow (noun).

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