swizzle
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- noun
- /ˈswɪzəl/
- US
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swizzle
- Sharon buys a few scarves, Arthur some knitted neckties and hand-carved swizzle sticks, just to be buying something.
- swizzle stick
- pink swizzle
- red swizzle
Examples
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Have you tried swizzling it vigorously with a swizzle stick?
Blog text (7) -
- Rum swizzles, I believe.
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Would you like a swizzle stick in that?
Fiction book (2002) -
The waitress returned to put four drinks with red swizzles on the napkins.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jill was having gin ale, and she watched Nate playing with the swizzle stick in his whiskey sour.
Fiction book (1996) -
When I was straightening up the couch, I found six hairpins, a lipstick... a pair of false eyelashes and a swizzle stick from the Stork Club.
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Bronson reports that most of the contamination found in the loads of compostables brought to Grasslands is plastic liners for the containers that the driver didn't separate out, plastic tableware, and swizzle sticks.
Academic text (1996) -
The bartender prepared a refreshing swizzle with rum and fresh lime juice.
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At the tropical party, everyone enjoyed colorful swizzles filled with fruit garnishes.
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She ordered a swizzle while relaxing by the pool, savoring the sweet and tangy flavors.
Synonyms
A drink made with rum mixed with lime and other sweet or sour ingredients
A mixed drink of rum, sugar, water, often with lemon juice
Compounds
How Frothy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swizzle for the cocktail comes from a simple stirring tool from the Caribbean called a 'swizzle stick', made from a small tree and used to mix rum drinks. That's why a swizzle is a frothy rum drink named for the way it is stirred.