swizzle
/ˈswɪzəl/
swizzle noun: any of various kinds of alcoholic drink. Also the alternative form of switchel.
Noun
swizzle (countable and uncountable, plural swizzles)
- Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
- “We brought tiki drinks.” “Oh.” “Tracy, turn loose that rum swizzle.” “Oh, Bill's back, and he's brought tiki drinks! You got a friend in me, Bill.”2022 July 13, Dominic Dierkes, “The Cubic Lattice Crystallizer” (6:32 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 3, episode 8, spoken by Korvo Opposites (Justin Roiland)
- Synonym of swizz (“swindle, disappointment”).
- “Coo! What a swizzle!” Relief at their safe deliverance was mingled with disappointment that the spider was not a rare specimen after all.1950, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Goes to School
- Synonyms:
- swizz
- The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
Verb
swizzle (third-person singular simple present swizzles, present participle swizzling, simple past and past participle swizzled)
- To stir or mix.
- She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
- To turn around.
- Mr Penguin and Colin swizzled around on the spot. Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light.2018, Alex T. Smith, Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets: Book 2, page 201
- "Why does it have two gears?" I exclaimed as I swizzled around, looking for a brake on the mini vehicle.2023, Rosey Thomas Palmer, Lights at Sea
- To drink; to swill.
- I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon.1958, Baynard Kendrick, Reservations for Death
- To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
- To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
- To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector to a new implementation.
- If you or a loved one want to implement method swizzling, you may want to consider using a fairly well-tested wrapper package, such as JRSwizzle. Apple may reject applications that appear to use method swizzling in a dangerous way.2016, David Thiel, iOS Application Security: The Definitive Guide for Hackers and Developers, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 25
Also used as
swizzle is also the alternative form of switchel.
Synonyms of swizzle
Antonyms
Forms of swizzle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | swizzles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | swizzles |
| present participle | swizzling |
| past participle | swizzled |
| past | swizzled |
Origin of swizzle
Unknown etymology, 1813. Original sense “alcoholic drink”, possibly a variant of switchel (“a drink of molasses and water, often mixed with rum”), attested 1790, itself of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by swirl or fizz. In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.
Words formed from swizzle
Phrases with swizzle
Words that rhyme with swizzle
Questions about swizzle
- What does swizzle mean?
- Swizzle means any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
- What part of speech is swizzle?
- Swizzle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce swizzle?
- Swizzle is pronounced /ˈswɪzəl/.
- What is the plural of swizzle?
- The plural of swizzle is swizzles.
Words near swizzle in the dictionary
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