English

Verb

drizzle ‎(third-person singular simple present drizzles, present participle drizzling, simple past and past participle drizzled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
   • Shakespeare

     The air doth drizzle dew.

2. (cooking) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil or honey in cooking.

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

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

3. (slang) To urinate.

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Noun

drizzle ‎(plural drizzles)

1. Light rain.
2. (physics, weather). Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.

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

3. (slang) Water.

   Stop drinking all of my drizzle!

4. A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.
   • Felicity Cloake

     Drizzle is not normally good news. Not when it's falling from the sky, not when it's replacing a decent helping of sauce, and especially not when it's found on a menu in close proximity to the words "balsamic vinegar". Deliciously sticky, sweet and sour lemon drizzle cake is the one, and very honourable, exception.

   • 2009, Jules Stanbridge, Sugar and Spice

     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.

Derived terms

• drizzly
• drizzler

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