swallyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

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

別の表記

• swallie, swelly, swilly, swolly

名詞

swally (plural swallies)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The act of swallowing.
2. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A throat or gullet.
3. (Scotland, informal) A drink or gulp.
   • 1987, Agnes Owens, Like Birds in the Wilderness:

     I flung over my box and he asked if I wanted a "swally" of the South African wine bottle he held up before me.

4. (Scotland, informal) A drinking session.
   • 2017 December 15, Jules Boyle, “Roasters you always meet in Glasgow over Christmas”, in Glasgow Live‎:

     They are the one that will keep the party going, take you on to a good late night swally and if you're lucky, hook you up with some afters.

語源 2

Inherited from Northern 中期英語 sweligh, from 古期英語 swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą; thus a dialectal form of swallow (verb).

別の表記

• swallie, swelly, swilly, swolly

動詞

swally (third-person singular simple present swallys, present participle swallying, simple past and past participle swallied)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To swallow (food etc).