: frozen or partly frozen rain
The snow turned to sleet and made driving very dangerous.
sleets; sleeted; sleeting
—used with it to say that sleet is falling
It's sleeting outside. [=sleet is falling from the sky]
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“Sleet.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/sleet. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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