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swizzle

[ swiz-uhl ]

noun

  1. 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)

swizzled, swizzling.
  1. to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.
  2. to gulp down; guzzle.

swizzle

/ ˈ²õ·Éɪ³úÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. an unshaken cocktail
  2. an alcoholic drink containing gin or rum
  3. informal.
    a swiz
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to stir a swizzle stick in (a drink)
  2. informal.
    to swindle; cheat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ·É¾±³úz±ô±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swizzle1

First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swizzle1

C19: of unknown origin
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The South Carolina license plate on the Honda stopped in front of me at a red light, and its silhouette of the state’s signature palm looking regrettably like a tarantula atop a swizzle stick.

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He made me an engagement ring out of a plastic swizzle stick a few nights later at a sushi bar.

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Also included are a champagne swizzle stick and a metal-mounted foliate cocktail stick holder.

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Use a swizzle stick or your finger to place the drops, then smear them gently and wait for the liquid to dry.

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Those of you who enjoy a bit of English literature might recognize Tokaji under its Anglicized name, tokay, which aristocrats like to swizzle in period romances and gaslit murder mysteries.

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