swizzle
pronunciation
How to pronounce swizzle in British English:
UK ['swɪzl]
How to pronounce swizzle in American English:
US ['swɪzəl]
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- Noun:
- any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice
Word Origin
- swizzle (n.)
- 1813, name for various kinds of liquor drinks, or for intoxicating drinks generally, possibly a variant of switchel "a drink of molasses and water" (often mixed with rum), first attested 1790, of uncertain origin. As a verb from 1843. Related: Swizzled; swizzling. Swizzle-stick, used for stirring drinks, attested by 1859.
Example
- 1. Aiden got a codis hit on the swizzle stick .
- 2. Was doing anything other than sitting alone , chewing on a swizzle stick ?
- 3. The english also invented for their monarch that abominable instrument , the swizzle stick .
- 4. Peaches , in all probability not her real name , is mixing a glass of cheap house whisky and water with a silver swizzle stick and chatting to the nightclub 's only customer .
- 5. Then I recommend vodka swizzle .