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🍹 A mixed drink 🥄 To stir a drink
to swizzle

to swizzle

1 7.2
To stir a drink with a long stick to mix it
  • verb
  • /ˈswɪzəl/
translation icon : mezclar
  • Have you tried swizzling it vigorously with a swizzle stick?

Examples

  • I must say, my scooter has extraordinary self-esteem, and I will put their fancy wheels to swizzle.

    Blog text (20)

  • He opens up the Taos and swizzles some, then he hears a flute.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • He's been swizzling this stuff.

    Mysterious Island (1961)

  • Jesus swizzled his drink and began sipping it with a straw.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He used a swizzle stick to swizzle his cocktail until it was perfectly mixed.

  • To make the drink refreshing, swizzle it with the ice and mint leaves.

  • The bartender swizzled the mojito with a special tool to blend the flavors.

Synonyms

to stir
vsto swizzle
152 1.0

To mix a liquid by moving it with a spoon

uses a special stick rather than a common spoon
to paddle
vsto swizzle
1 2.8

To stir a mixture using a flat tool

uses a slender special stick rather than a flat bladed implement

Compounds

swizzle stick
3 5.9

A small stick for stirring drinks like cocktails in a glass

How Vigorously

to whisk
38 2.8
to swizzle
1 7.2
to stir
152 1.0

Surface Forms

swizzle infinitive
swizzled past
swizzled past participle
swizzling present participle
swizzles third person singular

Etymology

Swizzle as a verb comes from using a 'swizzle stick' to stir drinks in the Caribbean. So to swizzle a drink is to mix it by stirring with a stick until the flavours blend.