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swizzle

noun
/ˈswɪzəl/

Etymology

Unknown etymology, 1813. 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. Possibly influenced by swirl or fizz. In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.

Definitions

  1. Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.

    • “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.”

  2. Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”).

  3. Synonym of swizz (“swindle, disappointment”).

    • “Coo! What a swizzle!” Relief at their safe deliverance was mingled with disappointment that the spider was not a rare specimen after all.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during…

      The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

    2. To stir or mix.

      • She swizzled the milk into her coffee.

    3. To turn around.

      • 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.

    4. To drink

      To drink; to swill.

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

    5. To permute bits, or elements of a vector.

    6. To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during…

      To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

    7. To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector…

      To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector to a new implementation.

      • 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.

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Derived

swizzle stick, swizzler

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swizzle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA