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• Rum Swizzle — Bermuda Rum Swizzle A Rum Swizzle, as served in Bermuda Type Cocktail Served On the rocks; poured over ice …   Wikipedia

• Swizzle stick — Swizzle sticks are small sticks placed in cocktails to hold fruit, or merely stir the drink. Commonly made of plastic, the swizzle portion of the swizzle stick name originated from the Caribbean cocktail, Rum Swizzle. [Levine, Joshua. (November… …   Wikipedia

• Swizzle — may refer to: * The Rum Swizzle, a cocktail * A swizzle stick, a stick for stirring cocktails. * In acro dance, a movement in which a dancer rotates 360 degrees while swinging his partner almost to the floor and then back to upright. * In figure… …   Wikipedia

• swizzle — 1813, name for various kinds of liquor drinks, or for intoxicating drinks generally, possibly a variant of switchel a drink of molasses and water (often mixed with rum,) first attested 1790, of uncertain origin. Swizzle stick attested by 1859 …   Etymology dictionary

• swizzle — swizzler, n. /swiz euhl/, n., v., swizzled, swizzling. n. 1. 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. to agitate (a… …   Universalium

• swizzle — swiz•zle [[t]ˈswɪz əl[/t]] n. v. zled, zling 1) vin a tall drink of dark rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick 2) cvb vin to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick 3) cvb to gulp down; guzzle •… …   From formal English to slang

• swizzle — 1. n. & v. colloq. n. a mixed alcoholic drink esp. of rum or gin and bitters made frothy. v.tr. stir with a swizzle stick. Phrases and idioms: swizzle stick a stick used for frothing or flattening drinks. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n.… …   Useful english dictionary

• swizzle stick — noun A small utensil used to mix or stir drinks like iced tea or cocktails. The rum based mixed drink came with a swizzle stick shaped like a pirates sword …   Wiktionary

• swizzle — swizzle1 noun a mixed alcoholic drink, especially a frothy one of rum or gin and bitters. verb stir with a swizzle stick. Origin C19: of unknown origin. swizzle2 noun Brit. informal another term for swizz. Origin early 20th cent.: prob. an alt.… …   English new terms dictionary

• swizzle — /ˈswɪzəl/ (say swizuhl) noun 1. a drink composed of rum or gin, crushed ice, lemon or lime juice, bitters and sugar, made frothy by stirring. 2. Colloquial a swindle. –verb (t) (swizzled, swizzling) 3. Colloquial to swindle. {origin unknown}… …