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mizzle

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As a verb, mizzle means rain in very fine drops. As a noun, it means misty rain or drizzle.

Meanings of mizzle

6 meanings

verb

  1. now dialectalUKnorth americaTo rain in very fine drops.

  2. chiefly britishTo abscond, scram, flee.

  3. To yield.

  4. To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)

noun

  1. Misty rain or drizzle.

  2. Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

    Similar: drizzle

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

mizzle around the world

UKTo rain in very fine drops.

Synonyms by meaning

noun: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
verb: rain lightly

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