swattle

English

Verb

swattle (third-person singular simple present swattles, present participle swattling, simple past and past participle swattled)

1. (British, Northern dialect) To splutter; to guzzle.
2. (British, transitive) To fritter away.

Synonyms

• (fritter away): swatter

See also

• swaddle

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• wattles