drizzleverb/ˈdɹɪzəl/

• 1

  To rain lightly.

  • We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.
• 2

  To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.

  • And from mine eyes the drizling teares descend, As on your boughes the ysicles depend.
  • When the sun sets, the air doth drizzle dew; But for the sunset of my brother’s son It rains downright.
• 3

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

  • The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it.
• 4

  cookingfoodlifestyleTo cover by pouring in this manner.

  • The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.
• 5

  slangTo urinate.

  • She'll be right back, had to drizzle before we leave.
• 6

  datedTo carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.

  • She found that all those ladies who did not play at cards occupied their fingers with parfilage.[...] Here, the work was called drizzling. Ladies begged their friends to give them pieces of the gold lace used on uniforms and the gold tassels of sword-belts, they picked out the metal threads, and by selling these they realised considerable sums. Prince Leopold himself drizzled continually[...]

drizzlenoun/ˈdɹɪzəl/

• 1

  Light rain.

  • Up here, it's a 'dreich' day with steady drizzle. Deep drainage channels either side of the track are already more like streams: Rannoch Moor is a wet place.
• 2

  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesVery small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.

  • No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle.
• 3

  slangWater.

  • Stop drinking all of my drizzle!
• 4

  Something that is drizzled.

  • The warm apple tart, made to order, had a definitively crisp shell. Its filling of apples was tender and sweet, and the drizzle of caramel rum sauce added sophistication.
  • Thick shavings of Parmesan were plentiful, but the drizzle of “white truffle oil” promised on the menu had been forgotten.
• 5

  bakingcookingfoodA cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.

  • The rest of the day is spent trying to concentrate on ingredient labels, ordering supplies, baking some fairy cakes for a hen party and two lemon drizzles, one for a new baby and one for an old dear's birthday.