swizzle
/ˈswɪzəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "“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.”"
- "“Coo! What a swizzle!” Relief at their safe deliverance was mingled with disappointment that the spider was not a rare specimen after all."
- "She swizzled the milk into her coffee."
- "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."
- "I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon."
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.