Meaning

Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

“We brought tiki drinks.” “Oh.” “Tracy, turn loose that rum swizzle.” “Oh, Bill's back, and he's brought tiki drinks! You got a friend in me, Bill.”

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

She swizzled the milk into her coffee.

Mr Penguin and Colin swizzled around on the spot. Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light.

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

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

If you or a loved one want to implement method swizzling, you may want to consider using a fairly well-tested wrapper package, such as JRSwizzle. Apple may reject applications that appear to use method swizzling in a dangerous way.

Word Forms

• swizzles
• swizzling
• swizzled

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When Should You Use Swizzle?

Use swizzle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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