Swizzle Definition

swĭzəl
noun
Any of several chilled alcoholic drinks containing liquor, sugar, lime juice, etc. mixed together as with a swizzle stick.
Webster's New World
verb

To stir or mix.

She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
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(computing) To permute bits.

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(computing, programming) To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

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To drink; to swill.
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Other Word Forms of Swizzle

Noun

Singular:
swizzle
Plural:
swizzles

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 fizz.

    From Wiktionary

  • In verb sense “to stir", from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks"), itself attested 1859.

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  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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