grizzle
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 26
- Words With Friends
- 28
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of grizzle
9 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A dark grey colour.
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noun
- A dark grey colour.
- Grey hair.
- A grey wig.
adj
- Of a grey colour.
verb
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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.”
- To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
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(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.”
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(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
- 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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