swizzle

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A name for various kinds of alcoholic drinks
To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization
To permute bits
To stir or mix

She swizzled the milk into her coffee.

To drink; to swill
Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally
any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice
swizzle stick
A small utensil used to mix or stir drinks like iced tea or cocktails

The rum-based mixed drink came with a swizzle stick shaped like a pirate's sword.

swizzle stick
A small thin rod for stirring mixed drinks. a small stick for mixing drinks (swizzle type of mixed alcoholic drink (19-20 centuries), perhaps from switchel drink of molasses and water (18-20 centuries))
swizzle stick
a small stick used to stir mixed drinks
swizzle

    Hyphenation

    swiz·zle

    Antonyms

    unswizzle

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Unknown etymology, 1813.“” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online. 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.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Possibly influenced by fizz. In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.
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