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Swizzle

Definition: Swizzle

Swizzle

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Swizzle

DomainDefinition

Computing

Swizzle v. To convert external names, array indices, or references within a data structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought into main memory from external storage (also called `pointer swizzling'); this may be done for speed in chasing references or to simplify code (e.g., by turning lots of name lookups into pointer dereferences). The converse operation is sometimes termed `unswizzling'. See also snap. Source: Jargon File.

Slang in 1811

SWIZZLE. Drink, or any brisk or windy liquor. In North America, a mixture of spruce beer, rum, and sugar, was so called. The 17th regiment had a society called the Swizzle Club, at Ticonderoga, A. D. 1760. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Crosswords: Swizzle

Specialty definitions using "swizzle": pointer swizzlingunswizzle. (references)

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Modern Usage: Swizzle

DomainUsage

Screenplays

How many swizzle sticks (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

You look like a swizzle stick (In & Out; writing credit: Paul Rudnick)

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Commercial Usage: Swizzle

DomainTitle

Music

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Image Slideshow: Swizzle

Computer Images:
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Usage Frequency: Swizzle

"Swizzle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Swizzle" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Swizzle

Expression using "swizzle": swizzle stick. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Swizzle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

swizzle stick

102

swizzle

15

rum swizzle

14

glass swizzle stick

13

inn swizzle

6

stick swizzle wedding

6

personalized stick swizzle

5

bermuda rum swizzle

4

bermuda inn swizzle

4

recipe rum swizzle

3

calgary stick swizzle

3

rock candy swizzle stick

3

plastic stick swizzle

2

vintage swizzle stick

2

swizzle tree

2

cocktail swizzle stick

2

cane stick sugar swizzle

2

stick sugar swizzle

2
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Modern Translation: Swizzle

Language Translations for "swizzle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

koktej (cocktail). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

коктейл (cocktail), напивам се здравата, бъркам коктейл със пръчица. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csalás (a plant, bubble, cheat, cheating, chisel, chouse, collusion, cozenage, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, delusion, fake, fallacy, falsehood, foul play, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, gouge, gyp, hocus pocus, humbug, imposition, imposture, let in, racket, roguery, scam, sell, snide, swindle, trickery). (various references)

   

Manx

  

kialg (calculation, craft, craft slyness, craftiness, deceit, duplicity, fiddle, fizz, guile, insidiousness, perfidiousness, sedition, subtlety, swindle, treachery). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

izzlesway.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

род коктейля (sidecar). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

alkoholno piće (boose, booze, hooch, libation, liquor, spirit, tipple). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

romdrink. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

karıştırma çubuğu (muddler, swizzle stick). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

que quấy rượu cốc tay (swizzle-stick). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Swizzle

Derivations

Words beginning with "swizzle": swizzled, swizzler, swizzlers, swizzles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Swizzle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: snizzle, swizz, swizzler, Twizel, twizzled, twizzler, wizzle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Swizzle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-l-s-w-z-z"

-1 letter: sizzle, wizzes.

-2 letters: lewis, lweis, wiles, wizes.

-3 letters: isle, leis, lies, lwei, size, slew, wile, wise.

-4 letters: els, lei, lez, lie, lis, sei, sel, sew, wis, wiz.

-5 letters: el, es, is, li, si, we.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-s-w-z-z"
 

+1 letter: swizzled, swizzler, swizzles.

 

+2 letters: swizzlers.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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