Drizzle

Quick meaning: Drizzle is a verb meaning (impersonal) To rain lightly.

Meaning

(impersonal) To rain lightly.

More Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
2. (cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.
3. (cooking, transitive) To cover by pouring in this manner.
4. Light rain.
5. (physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
6. (slang) To urinate.
7. (dated) To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.

Example Sentences

She'll be right back, had to drizzle before we leave.

The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it.

The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.

We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.

Word Forms

• drizzles
• drizzling
• drizzled

Synonyms for drizzle

Depending on context, synonyms include sprinkle, drip, mizzle, mistle, dribble, moisten.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mizzle, moisten, cloudy, rain, mist, fog.

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