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Word entry · 7 letters

swizzle

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"Mixed rum drink"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈswɪzəl/Part of speech nounSorted eilswzzStarts with SEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice

Word origin

In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.

Used in a sentence

  • “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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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