Definition of "grizzle"

grizzle¹

/ˈɡɹɪzəl/

noun
plural grizzles
1. A dark grey colour.
2. Grey hair.
3. A grey wig.
adjective
1. Of a grey colour.
verb
third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled
1. To make or become grey, as with age.
  Quotations
  hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children
  R. F. Burton
  I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey.
  Pall Mall Magazine

grizzle²

/ˈɡɹɪzəl/

verb
third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled
1. to cry continuously but not very loudly - especially of a young child.
2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To whinge or whine.
  Quotations
  [Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?
  1888, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “she+grizzled%22”, in The Yeomen of the Guard […] , London: Chappel & Co., […], published c. 1911, page she%20grizzled%22
  R. J. Tizard — What are you grizzling about now?
  1976, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates‎, page 4850
  The pin-thin girl is grizzling, whining that she has sand in her eyes.
  2009, Judy Waite, Game Girls, unnumbered page
3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fuss or cry
  Quotations
  New mothers frequently complain that their partner won't get up to change a wet nappy or comfort a grizzling baby.
  1990, The Baby Book, page 88

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