mizzling

mizzling is the present participle and gerund of mizzle.

Adjective

mizzling (comparative more mizzling, superlative most mizzling)

Of rain: falling very finely; drizzling.
Of a day, weather conditions etc.: drizzly.
- It had its starting-point late on a March afternoon at the end of a still, mizzling day.1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 2

mizzle (third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled)

(Canada, UK, US, dialectal, intransitive) To rain in very fine drops.

Synonyms:

drizzle

mizzle (third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled)

(UK) To abscond, scram, flee.
- As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.19th c. Epigram quoted by Thomas Wright (1810 - 1877), reproduced in Webster 1902-1913
(intransitive) To yield.
(transitive) To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)

mizzling (uncountable)

comparative	more mizzling
superlative	most mizzling

What does mizzling mean?: Mizzling means of rain: falling very finely; drizzling.
What is mizzling the present participle and gerund of?: Mizzling is the present participle and gerund of mizzle.
What part of speech is mizzling?: Mizzling can be an adjective or a noun.

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