swizzle

[swiz-uhl]

noun

1. a tall drink, originating in Barbados, composed of full-flavored West Indian rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.

verb (used with object)

swizzled, swizzling 

1. to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.

2. to gulp down; guzzle.

swizzle

/ ˈswɪzəl /

noun

1. an unshaken cocktail

2. an alcoholic drink containing gin or rum

3. informal,  a swiz

verb

1. (tr) to stir a swizzle stick in (a drink)

2. informal,  to swindle; cheat

Other Word Forms

• swizzler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of swizzle¹

First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of swizzle¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The South Carolina license plate on the Honda stopped in front of me at a red light, and its silhouette of the state’s signature palm looking regrettably like a tarantula atop a swizzle stick.

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He made me an engagement ring out of a plastic swizzle stick a few nights later at a sushi bar.

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Also included are a champagne swizzle stick and a metal-mounted foliate cocktail stick holder.

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Use a swizzle stick or your finger to place the drops, then smear them gently and wait for the liquid to dry.

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Those of you who enjoy a bit of English literature might recognize Tokaji under its Anglicized name, tokay, which aristocrats like to swizzle in period romances and gaslit murder mysteries.

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