Swizzle

Quick meaning: Swizzle is a noun meaning Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.

Meaning

Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.

More Meanings

1. (UK, informal) Synonym of swizz (“swindle, disappointment”).
2. (programming) The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
3. (informal, transitive) To stir or mix.
4. (informal, intransitive) To turn around.
5. (informal, transitive) To drink; to swill.
6. (programming) To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
7. Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”).

Example Sentences

She swizzled the milk into her coffee.

I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon.

"Why does it have two gears?" I exclaimed as I swizzled around, looking for a brake on the mini vehicle.

“Coo! What a swizzle!” Relief at their safe deliverance was mingled with disappointment that the spider was not a rare specimen after all.

Word Forms

• swizzles
• swizzling
• swizzled

Synonyms for swizzle

Depending on context, synonyms include swizz.

Antonyms for swizzle

Common opposites include unswizzle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stir, swish, swish-swash, swig, twist, swill.

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