[syn: whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, n. [F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray,
fr. gris gray. See Gris, and cf. Grisaille.]
Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. t. & i.
To make or become grizzly, or grayish.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little
children. --R. F.
Burton.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with
a
grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey. --Pall
Mall Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.]
To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] "Don't
sit grizzling there." --Charles Reade.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grizzle
n 1: a grey wig
v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood,
stew]
2: complain whiningly [syn: whine, grizzle, yammer,
yawp]