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swiz·zle
(swĭz′əl)n.
Any of various tall, often sweet cocktails made with crushed ice and usually rum and stirred with a swizzle stick.
v. swiz·zled, swiz·zling, swiz·zles
v.intr.
To stir or mix the ingredients of a drink with a long, thin object, as a swizzle stick: "you build a swizzle slowly, adding ingredients, then ice, then swizzling a little, then more ice" (Jason Wilson).
v.tr.
To stir or mix (a drink) with a long, thin object, as a swizzle stick: swizzled his Champagne until the bubbles were gone.
[Origin unknown.]
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swizzle
(ˈswɪzəl)n
1. (Brewing) US an unshaken cocktail
2. (Brewing) an alcoholic drink containing gin or rum
3. informal Brit a swiz
vb
4. (Brewing) (tr) to stir a swizzle stick in (a drink)
5. informal Brit to swindle; cheat
[C19: of unknown origin]
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swiz•zle
(ˈswɪz əl)n., v. -zled, -zling. n.
1. a tall drink of dark rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.
v.t. 2. to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.
3. to gulp down; guzzle.
[1805–15; orig. uncertain]
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swizzle
Past participle: swizzled
Gerund: swizzling
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| Noun | 1. | swizzle - any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses mixed drink - made of two or more ingredients |
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