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   drizzle

   /ˈdrɪzl/

   noun

   • 1. light rain falling in very fine drops: "Scotland will be cloudy with patchy drizzle" Similar fine rainScotch mistsprinkle of rainlight showerspraymizzle
   • 2. (in cooking) a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over food: "raw mushrooms, thinly sliced and served with lemon, a little salt, and a drizzle of olive oil" Similar trickledribbledripdropdropletstreamrivuletrunneltoppingcoveringsprinklesprinkling

   verb

   • 1. rain lightly: "it's started to drizzle" Similar rain lightlyshowerspotspitmizzlesprinkle
   • 2. (in cooking) trickle a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over food: "drizzle the clarified butter over the top" Similar tricklesprinkledripdribblepoursplashspill

   Word Origin mid 16th century: probably based on Old Englishdrēosan ‘to fall’, of Germanic origin; probably related to dreary.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drizzly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 26

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • Z

     10

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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