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

French: entourloupe (fr), arnaque (fr) f

Hungarian: csalás (hu)

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

French: entourlouper (fr), arnaquer (fr) f

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