swazzle
/ˈswɒz(ə)l/
swazzle noun: a device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances.
Noun
swazzle (plural swazzles)
- A device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances
Verb
swazzle (third-person singular simple present swazzles, present participle swazzling, simple past and past participle swazzled)
- To speak using a swazzle.
- Of course there was more to swazzling than what I could do instinctively. I had to learn to switch from the swazzled voice of Punch to the pantomime-dame voice of Judy.2005, Bill Drummond, Mark Manning, The Wild Highway, page 384
- In the background, Mr Punch could be heard swazzling, “That's the way to do it!”2018, Robert Charles Hines, Twists and Turns: 13 Tales of the Uneasy, page 126
Forms of swazzle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | swazzles |
| alternative form | swatchel |
| alternative form | swozzle |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | swazzles |
| present participle | swazzling |
| past participle | swazzled |
| past | swazzled |
Origin of swazzle
From swatchel, probably from German schwätzeln, from schwatzen.
Words that rhyme with swazzle
Questions about swazzle
- What does swazzle mean?
- Swazzle means a device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances.
- What part of speech is swazzle?
- Swazzle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce swazzle?
- Swazzle is pronounced /ˈswɒz(ə)l/.
- What is the plural of swazzle?
- The plural of swazzle is swazzles.
Words near swazzle in the dictionary
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