mizzle 1 of 2

as in rainfall
a light or fine rain as I wandered around the city, the late afternoon mizzle seemed the perfect accompaniment to my melancholy mood

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mizzle

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verb

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Noun
  • See photo gallery: Photos show impact of Hurricane Erick after landfall along Mexico Pacific coast The activity was due in part to a large-scale climate pattern known as the Madden-Julian Oscillation, which is an eastward-moving disturbance of clouds, rainfall, winds, and pressure.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 June 2025
  • Additional locations may experience flooding during periods of heavy rainfall, high winds, or other factors.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 June 2025
  • In such places, summer becomes a never-ending fantasy, a pleasure dome that characters cannot escape.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • What Else to Know While there are many guest rooms with views of the Snoqualmie River and diners at the restaurant can hear the thundering water and see mist rising up hundreds of feet, the Lodge sits on a cliff directly above the upper falls.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The red mist came rolling in from behind Ederson’s goal.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.
    Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
Noun
  • Showers and possibly a thunderstorm are expected mainly between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., with a chance of precipitation continuing into the evening.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
  • Elsewhere, Barry’s expected to drop 3 to 6 inches of precipitation.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • The announcement appeared alongside a photo of a pancake stack topped with raspberries and a drizzle of honey, set on an inviting outdoor table.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 20 June 2025
  • Thousands of spectators lined a stretch of Constitution Avenue in an off-and-on drizzle to applaud a slow-moving procession of troops, tanks, drones, a robot dog and a real dog marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
    Vulture, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.
    SI.com, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
Verb
  • Tesla has struggled in 2025, with CEO Elon Musk decamping to DC to temporarily head up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025
  • Michaels appears occasionally in the memoir — the two became friends in the ’70s, when the SNL cast would decamp to aftershow parties at One Fifth, where McNally, newly arrived from England, was working as maître d’.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
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“Mizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mizzle. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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