grizzling

Verb (1)

grizzle (third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled)

1. To make or become grey, as with age.
   • R. F. Burton
     hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children

Verb (2)

grizzle (third-person singular simple present grizzles, present participle grizzling, simple past and past participle grizzled)

1. To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) To whinge or whine.
   • [Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?1888, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, The Yeomen of the Guard […] , London: Chappel & Co., […], published c. 1911
3. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) To fuss or cry.
   • 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, →ISBN, page 88

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