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noun
Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of swizz (“swindle, disappointment”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, informal, uncountable
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Synonyms: swizz
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noun
The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
To stir or mix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To turn around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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verb
To drink; to swill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To permute bits, or elements of a vector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
To change a class's dispatch table in order to resolve messages from an existing selector to a new implementation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Broader terms: monkey patch
noun
any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mixed drink
History
Unknown etymology, 1813. Original sense “alcoholic drink”, possibly a variant of switchel (“a drink of molasses and water, often mixed with rum”), attested 1790, itself of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by swirl or fizz. In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859.
