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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

swizzle
    n 1: any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum
         and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Swizzle \Swiz"zle\, v. t.
   To drink; to swill. --Halliwell.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Swizzle \Swiz"zle\, n.
   Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally. [Prov. Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

swizzle
 v.

    To convert external names, array indices, or references within a data
    structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought into
    main memory from external storage (also called pointer swizzling); this may
    be done for speed in chasing references or to simplify code (e.g., by
    turning lots of name lookups into pointer dereferences). The converse
    operation is sometimes termed unswizzling. See also snap.

5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

swizzle
pointer swizzling

   To convert external names, array indices, or references within
   a data structure into address pointers when the data structure
   is brought into main memory from external storage (also called
   "pointer swizzling"); this may be done for speed in chasing
   references or to simplify code (e.g. by turning lots of name
   lookups into pointer dereferences).  The converse operation is
   sometimes termed "unswizzling".

   See also snap.

   [Jargon File]

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