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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWIZZLE STICK

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Swizzle stick is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SWIZZLE STICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

swizzle stick

Swizzle stick

A swizzle stick is a small stick used to hold fruit garnishes or stir drinks. The original swizzle sticks were created in the 1700s at a rum plantation in the West Indies. They were used to stir up Bermudian cocktails called Rum Swizzles and were made from the branch of a plant. In the late 1800s and early 1900s stir sticks made of glass were created to shake out the bubbles from champagne, whose carbonation caused indigestion for some drinkers.

Definition of swizzle stick in the English dictionary

The definition of swizzle stick in the dictionary is a small rod used to agitate an effervescent drink to facilitate the escape of carbon dioxide.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWIZZLE STICK

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Swithin
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Switzer
Switzerland
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swivel gun
swivel pin
swivel-like
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SWIZZLE STICK

breadstick
broomstick
candlestick
chapstick
control stick
dipstick
drumstick
gear stick
hockey stick
incense stick
joystick
lipstick
matchstick
nightstick
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Synonyms and antonyms of swizzle stick in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «swizzle stick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWIZZLE STICK

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Translator English - Chinese

调酒棒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palo swizzle
570 millions of speakers

English

swizzle stick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धूर्तता छड़ी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عصا أفرط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Swizzle палки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vara swizzle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাঁকুনি লাঠি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bâton swizzle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tongkat swizzle
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sektquirl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スウィズルスティック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스위 즐 스틱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panci swizzle
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thanh sự gian lận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீச்சலுடை குச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झटकून टाकणे स्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karıştırma çubuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bastone swizzle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kij swizzle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Swizzle палки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

băț swizzle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swizzle stick
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Swizzle stok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

swizzle pinne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

swizzle stick
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swizzle stick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWIZZLE STICK»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWIZZLE STICK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swizzle stick

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWIZZLE STICK»

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Bunny and Coco Get Smashed
CHAPTER 16: THE SWIZZLE STICK IN FEBRUARY 1934, just two months after the repeal of prohibition, Jack Sindler sat in a newly legit bar contemplating the olive in his martini. He might have been a dapper man, as he couldn't simply settle ...
Bunny Ultramod and Coco Ultramod
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Seven Miles of Wire - and a Swizzle Stick
Discourse on engineering aspects of the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft, in which John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn
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Philosophical Papers : Volume One: Volume One
For a relevant counter-factual premise could then serve: if anything is a swizzle stick, then providing that things were to proceed gradually, the net removal from it of one atom would leave a swizzle stick there still.) It seems, then, that we must ...
Peter Unger Professor of Philosophy New York University, 2006
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Rum Drinks: 50 Caribbean Cocktails, From Cuba Libre to Rum Daisy
The most important thing in the preparation of a swizzle is the swizzle stick—a wooden branch from which protrude several smaller sticks like the spokes ofa wheel. Swizzle sticks can still be found in markets throughout the Caribbean and are ...
Jessica B. Harris, 2013
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A Dictionary of the Space Age
... 1960; NASA Ad Hoc Committee to Name Space Projects and Objects, minutes of meetings, May 19, 1960; NASA, Office of Technology Utilization, Surveyor Program Results, SP-184 [Washington, DC: NASA, 1969], pp. v–vii.) swizzle stick.
Paul Dickson, 2010
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101 Tropical Drinks
The original swizzle stick was a small dried branch found from a tree in the Caribbean islands that has a few extended smaller branches on the end that help to stir (or“swizzle”) the drink. CocktailKingdom.com sells some great authentic ...
Kim Haasarud, 2013
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
bati-lele, baton-lele, >swizzle stick ◊ A swizzle made from a twig with five smaller sprouting twigs cut about two inches. (Boodhoo 1994:11) 4 n arc A kind of cocktail, mixed alcoholic beverage. (prob. < swizzle1, poss. related to E swizzle or ...
Lise Winer, 2009
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Apothecary Cocktails: Restorative Drinks from Yesterday and ...
The rock candy swizzle stick adds just the right amount of sweetness to the mix, while the effervescence of club soda gives wilting spirits a lift. 3 tablespoons (45 ml) strawberry—rhu barb compote (Roughly chop four stalks of rhubarb.
Warren Bobrow, 2013
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The Sound of Pictures (Large Print 16pt)
it was tense, it was bass, and the sound was perfectly musical, as the swizzle stick made it in my mouth, and I knew I would never make the movie — which I didn't. And I saved the swizzle stick and stuck it in my diary. [Laughs] AF: And now  ...
Andrew Ford, 2011
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Heartland: The Cookbook
Thread the spirals onto a wooden swizzle stick or short wooden skewer. Place on a doubled paper towel–lined plate and cover with another doubled paper towel. Microwave on high power for 2 minutes, or until the bacon curls are brown and ...
Fertig, Judith, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWIZZLE STICK»

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An event with swizzle: Preservation Libations Mix-Off
You can get more than one swizzle stick but it will cost you — $2! In round two, the bartenders will mix drinks for the "Best in the Business" judges, who'll award ... «Arkansas Times, Jun 15»
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Portland native Will Holt, lyricist, performer who wrote 'Lemon Tree …
He said he used a swizzle stick and a glass to tap out the melody for the song that would become known as “Lemon Tree.” “He had this idea for a very simple ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
3
10 Ridiculous Cocktail Garnishes
Remember back in the day, when you ordered a cocktail and it came with an olive on a swizzle stick? Or if the bartender was feeling frisky, a skewered shrimp? «Paste Magazine, Mar 15»
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Henry Owens's ETA unchanged despite rough start
They've taken note that the 6-foot-7 Owens is no longer a swizzle stick dressed in synthetic fabrics but a filled-out 220 pounds, the added muscle translating to ... «ESPN, Mar 15»
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How to Make a Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Around Bermuda, people use forked swizzle sticks, either straight from a bush, or patterned to resemble the real thing. Sadly, they're almost impossible to find ... «Phoenix New Times, Feb 15»
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Swizzle Stick features live entertainment from students and …
Since it's opening in 2008, The Swizzle Stick has become a place for bands and artists from the Greencastle community and surrounding areas to share their ... «The DePauw, Feb 15»
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Lu Brow, long-time Swizzle Stick bartender, departs for Brennan's
6), bartender Lu Brow worked her last shift at Cafe Adelaide's Swizzle Stick Bar. Brow had been at the restaurant, a casual offshoot of Commander's Palace, for ... «NOLA.com, Dec 14»
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Swizzle sticks stir up nostalgia for 1960s Montreal
In the 1960s, custom-designed swizzle sticks were the norm in the city's best restaurants, cafés and watering holes. John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette. «Montreal Gazette, Dec 14»
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A Seasonal Peppermint Sip on the West Side
When Tom Waits warbled about a “neon swizzle stick stirring up the sultry air,” surely his mind was on the Caribbean, and the swizzle cocktail. Named for the ... «Providence Media, Nov 14»
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The Physics of Cool: Swizzle Cocktail Recipes
To make the cocktail, a swizzle stick—properly, a spur-tipped branch of the Quararibea turbinata tree—is plunged into the filled glass and rolled back and forth ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»

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