Sekirov Dictionary

swizzle

/ˈswɪzəl/

verb 6
noun 3
forms 3

verb6

•
(informal) To stir or mix.
- She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
•
(informal) To turn around.
- Mr Penguin and Colin swizzled around on the spot. Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light. — 2018
•
(informal) To drink; to swill.
- I checked it all over after Mona got in, while you were swizzling beer in that saloon. — 1958
To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector to a new implementation.
To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

noun3

•
Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
- “We brought tiki drinks.” “Oh.” “Tracy, turn loose that rum swizzle.” “Oh, Bill's back, and he's brought tiki drinks! You got a friend in me, Bill.” — 2022
•
(UK, informal) Synonym of swizz (“swindle, disappointment”).
- “Coo! What a swizzle!” Relief at their safe deliverance was mingled with disappointment that the spider was not a rare specimen after all. — 1950
The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.

forms

swizzled · swizzling · swizzles

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