swizzle
English
Etymology
Unknown etymology, 1813.[1] 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.[2] Possibly influenced by fizz.
In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪzəl
Noun
swizzle (countable and uncountable, plural swizzles)
- Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
- Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”)
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Verb
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- To stir or mix.
- She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
- (computing) To permute bits.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
- To drink; to swill.
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Antonyms
- (convert symbols to pointers): unswizzle
References
- ^ “swizzle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “swizzle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.