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swizzle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.” 2022 July 13, Dominic Dierkes, “The Cubic Lattice Crystallizer” (6:32 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 3, episode 8, spoken by Korvo Opposites (Justin Roiland):
  2. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”).
    alt of switchel
  3. (UK, countable, informal, uncountable) 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. 1950, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Goes to School:
  4. (countable, uncountable) The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
swizzles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

swizzle stick

Relateds

cocktail

Synonyms

swizz

swizzle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /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.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To stir or mix.
    • She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To turn around.
    • "Why does it have two gears?" I exclaimed as I swizzled around, looking for a brake on the mini vehicle. 2023, Rosey Thomas Palmer, Lights at Sea:
    • Mr Penguin and Colin swizzled around on the spot. Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light. 2018, Alex T. Smith, Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets: Book 2, page 201:
  3. (informal, transitive) To drink; to swill.
    • I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon. 1958, Baynard Kendrick, Reservations for Death:
  4. To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
  5. (transitive) To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
  6. (transitive) 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. 2016, David Thiel, iOS Application Security: The Definitive Guide for Hackers and Developers, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 25:

Forms

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swizzled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swizzled Tense=Past lexicographic
swizzles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
swizzling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

unswizzle (antonym(s) of “convert symbols to pointers”)

Deriveds

swizzler

Hypernyms

monkey patch