swizz

English

Alternative forms

• swiz

Etymology

Possible alteration of swindle, early 20th c.

Noun

swizz (plural swizzes)

1. (Britain, informal) A swindle, disappointment.

   That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.

Translations

a swindle

• Bulgarian: измама (bg) f (izmama), разочарование (bg) n (razočarovanie)
• French: entourloupe (fr), arnaque (fr) f
• Hungarian: csalás (hu)

Verb

swizz (third-person singular simple present swizzes, present participle swizzing, simple past and past participle swizzed)

1. (UK, informal, transitive, intransitive) To swindle.

Derived terms

• swizzer

Translations

to swindle

• French: entourlouper (fr), arnaquer (fr) f