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swizzle

(ˈswɪzlæ)

1. tv. & in. to drink (liquor), probably to excess; to tipple. Have you been swizzling again?

2. n. liquor; beer; a drink of an alcoholic beverage. What I need is a nice cold swizzle.

swizzled

(ˈswɪzlæd)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. Fred went out and got himself swizzled.

See also: swizzle

swizzle-stick

n. a drunkard. (From the name of a short stick used to stir an alcoholic drink.) That guy is a swizzle-stick. Don’t give him any more.