swifty
/ˈswɪfti
/(also swiftie)
noun (plural swifties) informal
1British An alcoholic drink consumed swiftly.Three beers later and I'm wondering if Gehry himself popped in here for a swifty before drawing up his crazy plans for the Guggenheim....
- David, Ian and I met in the Bar Code pub for a swifty and to check out the boys.
- Prior to the gig we met up in Comptons for a swifty with Paul but failed rather miserably to persuade him to join us.
2chiefly Australian /NZ A deceptive trick: they had hoped to pull a swifty...
- Can I say in defence of the Commonwealth, we were never trying to pull swifties on judicial safeguards.
- Ben McDuff said Latham had deliciously wedged Howard on a security issue and ensured Howard can't pull a swiftie just before the election and welcome home our troops.
- After comparing the accounting organisation's data on income with published Bureau of Statistics household income data, I am satisfied that the accounting organisation are pulling a swifty.
3chiefly Australian /NZ A person who acts or thinks quickly: boy, are you a swifty
- Onassis, Aristotle
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
- on a string
- on a sudden
- on automatic pilot
- on a wind
- on a wing and a prayer
- on-axis
- Onazote
- on balance
- on-baller
- on-base
- on-beat
- on bended knee(s)
- on board
- onboard
- onboarding
- on book
- ONC
- on call
- on-carry
- once
- once again (or more)
- once and for all (or once for all)
- once and future