swizz
English
Alternative forms
- swiz
Etymology
Possible alteration of swindle, early 20th c.
Noun
swizz (plural swizzes)
- (Britain, informal) A swindle, disappointment.
- That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.
Translations
a swindle
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Verb
swizz (third-person singular simple present swizzes, present participle swizzing, simple past and past participle swizzed)
- (Britain, informal, transitive, intransitive) To swindle.
Derived terms
- swizzer
Translations
to swindle
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