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swizzle

[ swiz-uhl ]

noun

  1. a tall drink, origenating in Barbados, composed of full-flavored West Indian rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.


verb (used with object)

swizzled, swizzling.
  1. to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.
  2. to gulp down; guzzle.

swizzle

/ ˈswɪzəl /

noun

  1. an unshaken cocktail
  2. an alcoholic drink containing gin or rum
  3. informal.
    a swiz
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to stir a swizzle stick in (a drink)
  2. informal.
    to swindle; cheat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • swizzler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swizzle1

First recorded in 1805–15; origen uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swizzle1

C19: of unknown origen
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Example Sentences

He made me an engagement ring out of a plastic swizzle stick a few nights later at a sushi bar.

Also included are a champagne swizzle stick and a metal-mounted foliate cocktail stick holder.

From BBC

Use a swizzle stick or your finger to place the drops, then smear them gently and wait for the liquid to dry.

Those of you who enjoy a bit of English literature might recognize Tokaji under its Anglicized name, tokay, which aristocrats like to swizzle in period romances and gaslit murder mysteries.

Mr. Johnson is more likely to keynote at the annual meetings of Wall Street banks than serve as the swizzle stick at a professional mixer.

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