Synonyms Dictionary
3. nimbly, agilely, spryly, sprightily, actively, trippingly. swiftness, n. 1. quickness, fleetness, fastness, speed, rapidity; dispatch, hurriedness, expedition, expeditiousness; velocity, acceleration, celerity; instantaneousness, immediateness, urgency, promptness, promptitude; briskness, abruptness, suddenness, smartness, preciptiation.
2. hurry, rush, hustle, bustle, dash, scurry, flurry; haste, pell-mell, hurry-scurry; run, sprint, gallop, canter, tantivy; spurt, clip; scramble, scuttle, scamper.
3. alacrity, agility, nimbleness, liveliness, sprightliness, tall stepping. swill, n. 1. slop, hogwash, scraps, orts; garbage, refuse, Dial, culch, rubbish, waste, offal; dregs, remains, offscourings.
2. deep draught, guzzle, gulp, swig, drink, dose.
-v. 3. guzzle, toss off, drink quickly, Sl. chug-a-lug, Sl. chug; swig, drink down, quaff, All Inf. put it down or away, soak it up, take it in, pack away or down, tuck it in; drain, empty, finish, finish off, Sl. knock off, Sl. polish off, Sl. take care of, Sl. do a job on, Sl. do in; consume, swallow up, gulp or gulp down. swim, v. 1. float, tread water, dog-paddle, scull, crawl; skinny-dip; be buoyed up; skim, glide.
2. be immersed, be steeped in, be drenched in; be inundated, be flooded, be soaked, be doused.
3. be dizzy, be giddy, feel light-headed, have a whirling sensation. swimmingly, adv. easily, effortlessly, with ease, with no trouble at all, without difficulty, readily, handily, hands down, without even trying, with one's eyes closed, no hands, single-handed, with one hand tied behind one's back; smoothly, skillfully, facilely, dexterously, adroitly; with great success, successfully, with flying colors, triumphantly, beyond all expectation, beyond one's wildest dreams; as good luck would have it, luckily, fortunately, propitiously, auspiciously. swindle, v. 1. cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, Sl. clip, gull, Archaic, chouse; overcharge, Sl. soak, Inf gyp, Sl. take [s.o.] to the cleaners, SL chisel, Sl. gaff, pluck, mulct; victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do, do out of, SL burn; delude, deceive, beguile, mislead, Inf. take [s.o.] for a ride, hoodwink; pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes, cozen, bluff, take in, bamboozle, bilk, Sl. hornswoggle, cully, Inf. buffalo, Inf. finagle, Sl. con, pull a fast one, Inf. flimflam, Sl. flam, Sl. sting, Sl. screw, Sl. put across; trick, thimblerig, spoof, outwit, Inf. euchre out, jockey, overreach, circumvent, get around, put one over on, fob [s.t.] off on [s.o.].
-n. 2. fraud, sharp practice, trickery, thimblerigging, double-dealing, skin game, cozenage, Law. barratry, Canon. Law. obreption, Scots Law. subreption, Archaic, covin; chicanery, knavery, Inf. hanky-panky, Inf. racket, the old army game, Sl. monkey business, Sl. funny business; imposture, imposition, humbug.
3. wile, ruse, sham, shuck, trick, deception, chicane, hoax, subterfuge, artifice, stratagem, SL scam, Scot. brogue; cheat, Sl. gyp, Inf. ripoff; dirty deal, dirty trick. swindler, n. 1. highbinder, cheat, cheater, fraud, defrauder, confidence man, SL con man, SL flimflam man, bunko artist, crook, chiseler; sharper, sharpie, SL city slicker, Inf. fast talker, Inf. hawk, shark, bilk, bilker, diddler; duper, hoaxer, humbugger; rook, fleecer, gyp, gypper; embezzler, peculator, Law. defalcator, defaulter, Sl. welsher, thief, robber; rackateer, thimblerigger, criminal, lawbreaker.
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