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griz·zle

(grĭz′əl)

tr. & intr.v. griz·zled, griz·zling, griz·zles

To make or become gray.

a. The color of a grizzled animal.

b. A grizzled animal.

2. Archaic Gray hair.

adj.

1. Gray.

2. Grizzled.

[From Middle English grisel, gray, from Old French, diminutive of gris, gray; see grisaille.]

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grizzle

(ˈɡrɪzəl)

to make or become grey

1. (Colours) a grey colour

2. (Hairdressing & Grooming) grey or partly grey hair

3. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a grey wig

[C15: from Old French grisel, from gris, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German grīs grey]

grizzle

(ˈɡrɪzəl)

vb (intr)

1. (esp of a child) to fret; whine

2. to sulk or grumble

[C18: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German grist-grimmōn gnashing of teeth, German Griesgram unpleasant person]

ˈgrizzler n

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griz•zle

(ˈgrɪz əl)

v. -zled, -zling,
adj., n. v.i., v.t.

1. to make or become gray or partly gray.

adj.

2. gray; grayish; devoid of hue.

3. gray or partly gray hair.

4. a gray wig.

[1350–1400; Middle English grisel < Old French, derivative of gris gray < Germanic; see griseous]

grizzle

Past participle: grizzled
Gerund: grizzling

Imperative
grizzle
grizzle

Present
I grizzle
you grizzle
he/she/it grizzles
we grizzle
you grizzle
they grizzle

Preterite
I grizzled
you grizzled
he/she/it grizzled
we grizzled
you grizzled
they grizzled

Present Continuous
I am grizzling
you are grizzling
he/she/it is grizzling
we are grizzling
you are grizzling
they are grizzling

Present Perfect
I have grizzled
you have grizzled
he/she/it has grizzled
we have grizzled
you have grizzled
they have grizzled

Past Continuous
I was grizzling
you were grizzling
he/she/it was grizzling
we were grizzling
you were grizzling
they were grizzling

Past Perfect
I had grizzled
you had grizzled
he/she/it had grizzled
we had grizzled
you had grizzled
they had grizzled

Future
I will grizzle
you will grizzle
he/she/it will grizzle
we will grizzle
you will grizzle
they will grizzle

Future Perfect
I will have grizzled
you will have grizzled
he/she/it will have grizzled
we will have grizzled
you will have grizzled
they will have grizzled

Future Continuous
I will be grizzling
you will be grizzling
he/she/it will be grizzling
we will be grizzling
you will be grizzling
they will be grizzling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been grizzling
you have been grizzling
he/she/it has been grizzling
we have been grizzling
you have been grizzling
they have been grizzling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been grizzling
you will have been grizzling
he/she/it will have been grizzling
we will have been grizzling
you will have been grizzling
they will have been grizzling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been grizzling
you had been grizzling
he/she/it had been grizzling
we had been grizzling
you had been grizzling
they had been grizzling

Conditional
I would grizzle
you would grizzle
he/she/it would grizzle
we would grizzle
you would grizzle
they would grizzle

Past Conditional
I would have grizzled
you would have grizzled
he/she/it would have grizzled
we would have grizzled
you would have grizzled
they would have grizzled

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Noun	1.	grizzle - a grey wig wig - hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
Verb	1.	grizzle - be in a huff; be silent or sullen stew, brood pout, sulk, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
	2.	grizzle - complain whiningly yammer, yawp, whine kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" snivel, whine - talk in a tearful manner

grizzle

verb whine, fret, whimper, whinge (informal), snivel, girn (Scot.) The children were grizzling and complaining.

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Translations

piagnucolare

grizzle

[ˈgrɪzl] VI (Brit) (= whine) → quejumbrar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grizzle

[ˈgrɪz^əl] vi (British) [child] (= fret) → pleurnicher

grizzle

vi (Brit inf) → quengeln

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

grizzle

[ˈgrɪzl] vi (Brit) (cry) → piagnucolare

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