swizzle

UK: /ˈswɪz^əl/ US: (swiz′əl)

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swiz•zle  (swiz′əl), n., v., -zled, -zling. 
n. 

1. Wine a tall drink, originating in Barbados, composed of full-flavored West Indian rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.

v.t. 

2. Wine to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.
3. to gulp down;
   guzzle.

• origin, originally uncertain 1805–15

swiz′zler, n. 

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swizzle / ˈswɪz^əl/ noun

1. an alcoholic drink containing gin or rum
2. a swiz

verb

1. (transitive) to stir a swizzle stick in (a drink)
2. to swindle; cheat

Etymology: 19th Century: of unknown origin