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
  • Fire season tends to wind down when the state gets enough heavy rainfall to dampen possible fuels such as grass, leaves, pine needles, ferns and tree moss, according to the Western Fire Chiefs Association.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
  • Meteorologists say the area could see heavy rainfall, wind gusts of up to 70 mph and hail up to two inches in diameter.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Found also faced a new story paradigm in Season 2 as one of the key elements of its premise changed with Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) escaping from Gabi’s (Hampton) basement in the Season 1 finale.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 May 2025
  • Wainwright, who had escaped from a North Carolina prison days before killing 23-year-old Carmen Gayheart, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on June 10 at Florida State Prison.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Instead, lean into nourishment—hydrating mists, lightweight moisturizers, and mineral sunscreens are all safe bets.
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 16 May 2025
  • Wild garlic flowers in Teutoburg Forest on an early spring morning with fine mist hanging in the trees.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 1 May 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
  • Heat, precipitation or not, the golf world is ecstatic to have landed in one of the nation’s most prominent sports cities for its second PGA championship in eight years.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
  • That was followed by isolated showers in the rest of the day, expected to result in about a tenth of an inch of precipitation.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Chilly temperatures and even some drizzle are in store for Southern Californians this weekend, but summer lovers can rejoice because a rapid warmup is right around the corner.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • Then, serve the larger cheer ball or the smaller ones with a few drizzles, including pepper jelly, cane syrup, and hot honey.
    Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 16 May 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
  • The studio’s longtime box-office rainmaker Christopher Nolan, meanwhile, decamped to Universal to make his next billion-dollar movie, Oppenheimer.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Ellen DeGeneres, who decamped last year for the U.K., recently clashed with locals in her town for proposing an extension that would potentially disturb ancient Roman remains.
    Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Mizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mizzle. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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