drizzle

CEFRB2

/ˈdɹɪzəl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Light rain made of very small drops.

  2. 02

    verb

    To rain lightly or pour liquid slowly.

Examples

  • A quarrel between husband and wife is like a spring day's drizzle.

  • What syrup did you drizzle on your pancake?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈdɹɪzl̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.

  2. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To rain lightly.

More examples

In context

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

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

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

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”), from Old English drysnan (“to extinguish”), related to Old English drēosan (“to fall, to decline”), making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse. Compare also dialectal Swedish drösla.