GRIZZLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grizzle mean? 

• GRIZZLE (noun)
  The noun GRIZZLE has 1 sense:

1. a grey wig

  Familiarity information: GRIZZLE used as a noun is very rare.

• GRIZZLE (verb)
  The verb GRIZZLE has 2 senses:

1. be in a huff; be silent or sullen

2. complain whiningly

  Familiarity information: GRIZZLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRIZZLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grey wig

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("grizzle" is a kind of...):

wig (hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair)

Derivation:

grizzly (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair)

• GRIZZLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they grizzle    ... he / she / it grizzles   
Past simple: grizzled   
Past participle: grizzled   
-ing form: grizzling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

brood; grizzle; stew

Hypernyms (to "grizzle" is one way to...):

brood; pout; sulk (be in a huff and display one's displeasure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Complain whiningly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

grizzle; whine; yammer; yawp

Hypernyms (to "grizzle" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Verb group:

snivel; whine (talk in a tearful manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

He was a large man with rounded shoulders, a massive head, and a broad, intelligent face, sloping down to a pointed beard of grizzled brown.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The coat comes in red, blue and tan, tan, and grizzle and tan.

(Border Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

It comes in white with markings in any of the following colors: black, orange, yellow, tri-color and grizzle.

(Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat usually comes in grizzle or wheaten with black markings.

(Otterhound, NCI Thesaurus)

He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled moustache.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here and there in the ranks were old soldiers of the French wars, grizzled and lean, with fierce, puckered features and shaggy, bristling brows.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In this worn face, Charles, and in this grizzled hair, you may read the diary of my most miserable existence.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Though the grizzled old fellow could see only on one side, against the youth and vigour of the other he brought into play the wisdom of long years of experience.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Gold, cream, and honey are the most popular colors, but the coat also comes in smoke, dark-grizzle, slate and a multi-color assortment of brown, white and black.

(Lhasa Apso, NCI Thesaurus)

Puppies are often born dark, but the adult comes in many combinations of black, black and tan, reddish, red grizzle, wheat, liver and blue, grizzle, and grizzle and tan.

(Lakeland Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)