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swizzles

swizzles is the plural of swizzle.

Meaning of swizzle

Noun

swizzle (countable and uncountable, plural swizzles)

  1. 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)
  2. (UK, informal) 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
  3. The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

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Questions about swizzles

What is swizzles the plural of?
Swizzles is the plural of swizzle.

Words near swizzles in the dictionary

  1. swizzle-stick
  2. swizzle-sticks
  3. swizzled
  4. swizzler
  5. swizzlers
  6. swizzles
  7. swizzling
  8. SWL
  9. SWLing
  10. SWLs
  11. SWM

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