mizzle 1 of 2

noun

Definition of mizzlenext
as in rainfall
a light or fine rain as I wandered around the city, the late afternoon mizzle seemed the perfect accompaniment to my melancholy mood

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mizzle

2 of 2

verb

as in to escape

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  1. rainfall
  2. escape
  3. mist
  4. lam
  5. precipitation
  6. drizzle
  7. scarper
  8. decamp
Noun
  • This is one of the reasons why extreme weather is getting more extreme—heavy rainfall can be even heavier, and droughts can last longer.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Only recently - unprecedented torrential rainfall from Brazil to Kenya, a cyclone in Bangladesh, hurricanes in the Caribbean and severe drought in Afghanistan.
    Maeve Campbell, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of rainfall
Verb
  • In Jacques Audiard's cartel musical, Gomez plays Jessi, the wife to Karla Sofía Gascón's titular heroine, a trans woman who's trying to escape her violent past as a cartel boss.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The dynamic clip was directed by Jonah Haber and depicts Tinashe being detained in a cell, struggling to escape as onlookers watch her dance.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of escape
Noun
  • The Test Fire Simulation will put visitors beneath a rocket engine and into a simulation that includes sounds, lights and a cooling mist.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of mist
Verb
  • No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.
    Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
Definition of lam
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  • Heavy precipitation when temperatures are below freezing can create an ice storm, according to the National Weather Service. MORE: Why ice did not form in the Great Lakes this winter season Accumulations of ice can down trees, communication towers and utility poles, according to the NWS.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Right now, only about 1% of the world’s water supply comes from desalination plants, but as glaciers melt, precipitation patterns change, a lot more freshwater—for both agriculture and human use—will be needed.
    Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of precipitation
Noun
  • With water, crumb cake topping, orange chocolate and caramel drizzle.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In an interview with The Times, Hatton shared that Windsor Castle's kitchens also called her family to ensure Hatton would have her favorite food — lemon drizzle cake.
    Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of drizzle
Verb
  • Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
    Vulture, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.
    SI.com, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
Definition of scarper
Verb
  • Amid succession questions following Fard Muhammad’s disappearance, Elijah Muhammad decamped permanently to Chicago, which remained the Nation of Islam’s headquarters.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Key Background Trump decamped to Mar-a-Lago after his win, holding meetings with his inner circle, administration hopefuls and transition team to craft his second term agenda and build out his staff.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of decamp
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