grizzle

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Scrabble points
26
Words With Friends
28
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹɪzəl/
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/ˈɡɹɪzəl/ · /ˈɡɹɪzəl/ (US) · /ˈɡɹɪzl̩/ (US)

Definition of grizzle

9 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A dark grey colour.
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noun

  1. A dark grey colour.
  2. Grey hair.
  3. A grey wig.

adj

  1. Of a grey colour.

verb

  1. To make or become grey, as with age.
    “R. F. Burton hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children”
    “Pall Mall Magazine I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey.”
  2. To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang)To whinge or whine.
    “[Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?”
    “R. J. Tizard — What are you grizzling about now?”
    “The pin-thin girl is grizzling, whining that she has sand in her eyes.”
  4. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang)To fuss or cry.
    “New mothers frequently complain that their partner won't get up to change a wet nappy or comfort a grizzling baby.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.

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