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swizzle
[ swiz-uhl ]
noun
- a tall drink, originating 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)
, swiz·zled, swiz·zling.
- to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.
- to gulp down; guzzle.
swizzle
/ ˈswɪzəl /
noun
- an unshaken cocktail
- an alcoholic drink containing gin or rum
- informal.a swiz
verb
- tr to stir a swizzle stick in (a drink)
- informal.to swindle; cheat
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Other Words From
- swizzler noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swizzle1
First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swizzle1
C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
This was followed by a reproduction of the gin-and-water jars, and a round of the immortal swizzle.
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McGlade slowly and deliberately drank the last of his swizzle.
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Swizzle withdrew the auger hurriedly; from its point a few bright red drops trickled.
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Not fizz at all, but that old brewing of honey—mead—metheglin—old Saxon swizzle.
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At the worst of the storm there is neither Heaven nor Earth, but only a swizzle into which a man may be brewed.
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