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drizzle

Syllabification: (driz·zle)
Pronunciation: /ˈdrizəl/

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Definition of drizzle

noun

  • light rain falling in very fine drops:Boston will be cloudy with patchy drizzle [in singular]:a steady drizzle has been falling since 3 a.m.
  • [in singular] (in cooking) a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over food.

verb

[no object] (it drizzles, it is drizzling, etc.)
  • rain lightly:it’s started to drizzle (as adjective drizzling)the drizzling rain
  • [with object] trickle a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over food:drizzle the clarified butter over the top
  • [with object] cause a liquid ingredient to trickle over (food) in this way:raspberries drizzled with melted chocolate

Derivatives

drizzly

Pronunciation: /-z(ə)lē/

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century: probably based on Old English drēosan 'to fall', of Germanic origin; probably related to dreary

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