Drizzle

English

Verb

Drizzle (third-person singular simple present Drizzles, present participle drizzling, simple past and past participle drizzled)

1. To rain lightly.
2. To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.
3. (slang) To urinate.

Noun

Drizzle (plural Drizzles)

1. Light rain.
2. (physics, weather). Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.

   No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle.

3. (slang) Water.

   Stop drinking all of my drizzle!

Adverbs for Drizzle

driving; steaming; slow; spiritless; early-morning; fine; thick; cold; chill; falling.

Thesaurus

Scotch mist, blood rain, drum, evening mist, fall, flurry, gout of rain, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisture, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, sheet of rain, shower, shower down, spatter, spit, splatter, sprinkle, stream, tattoo, unfrozen hydrometeor, weep, wet

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdrɪz.l/, SAMPA: /"drIz.l/

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• Rhymes: -ɪzəl