swizzle

Meanings

Noun

• Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
• Alternative of switchel

Verb

• To stir or mix.
• To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
• To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
• To drink; to swill.

Related

Opposite words

• unswizzle

Origin

• Unknown etymology, 1813. Original sense “alcoholic drink”, possibly a variant of switchel, attested 1790, itself of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by fizz.
• In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick, itself attested 1859.