grizzle (redirected from grizzles)

griz·zle  (grzl)

tr. & intr.v. griz·zled, griz·zling, griz·zles

To make or become gray.

n.

1.

a. The color of a grizzled animal.

b. A grizzled animal.

2. Archaic Gray hair.

adj.

1. Gray.

2. Grizzled.

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[From Middle English grisel, gray, from Old French, diminutive of gris, gray; see grisaille.]

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grizzle¹

vb

to make or become grey

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a grey colour

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) grey or partly grey hair

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a grey wig

[from Old French grisel, from gris, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German grīs grey]

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grizzle²

vb (intr) Informal chiefly Brit

1. (esp of a child) to fret; whine

2. to sulk or grumble

[of Germanic origin; compare Old High German grist-grimmōn gnashing of teeth, German Griesgram unpleasant person]

grizzler  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grizzle - a grey wig wig - hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
Verb	1.	grizzle - be in a huff; be silent or sullen stew, brood pout, sulk, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
	2.	grizzle - complain whiningly                   yammer, yawp, whine kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" snivel, whine - talk in a tearful manner

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grizzle

verb whine, fret, whimper, whinge (informal), snivel, girn (Scot.) The children were grizzling and complaining.

Translations

grizzle [ˈgrɪzl] VI (Brit) (= whine) → quejumbrar

grizzle [ˈgrɪz^əl] vi (British) [child] (= fret) → pleurnicher

grizzle

vi (Brit inf) → quengeln

grizzle [ˈgrɪzl] vi (Brit) (cry) → piagnucolare

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grizzle [ˈgrɪzl] vi (Brit) (cry) → piagnucolare