drizzle
to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
to fall in fine drops.
to pour in a fine stream: Drizzle melted butter over the breadcrumb topping.
to rain or let fall in fine drops or particles; sprinkle: He then drizzled grated cheese over the hot pasta.
a very light rain.
Meteorology. precipitation consisting of numerous minute droplets of water less than 0.02 inch (0.5 millimeter) in diameter.
Origin of drizzle
1Other words from drizzle
- drizzly, adverb
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How to use drizzle in a sentence
From pop rocks with an audio track to abstract art drizzled in syrup, restaurants are taking dessert way beyond coffee and cake.
The cheeses are drizzled with delicious local olive oil and include a sweet fig chutney chaser.
The garlic is rubbed lightly over the hot bread after it is removed from the grill and then drizzled with olive oil.
Still it drizzled rain and the breeze blew faintly from the northeast.
Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska | Rockwell KentThe shower drizzled out; its main force was spent on the southern plateaus, and cool gusts of wind blew across to the north side.
The Delight Makers | Adolf Bandelier
A shower now drizzled through the cold air, and soon the drops grew larger and thicker.
About dark a shower came up, and it drizzled a good part of the night—the last rain we met with for many weeks.
A Gold Hunter's Experience | Chalkley J. HambletonWhile the rain drizzled on Amory looked futilely back at the stream of his life, all its glitterings and dirty shallows.
This Side of Paradise | F. Scott Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for drizzle
/ (ˈdrɪzəl) /
very light rain, specifically consisting of droplets less than 0.5 mm in diameter
(intr) to rain lightly
(tr) to moisten with tiny droplets
Origin of drizzle
1Derived forms of drizzle
- drizzly, adjective
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