What does grizzle mean?
Definitions for grizzle
ˈgrɪz əlgriz·zle
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Princeton's WordNet
grizzleverb
a grey wig
grizzle, brood, stewverb
be in a huff; be silent or sullen
whine, grizzle, yammer, yawpverb
complain whiningly
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GRIZZLEnoun
A mixture of white and black; gray.
Etymology: from gris, gray; grisaille, French.
O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be,
When time hath sow’d a grizzle on thy face? William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
Grizzle
Grizzle is a surname.
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grizzle
Grizzle generally refers to a mix of white and dark hairs, either in human hair, animal fur, or even feathers. It can also refer to the process of becoming gray with age or stress. In addition, grizzle can be used to describe something as streaked or mixed.
Webster Dictionary
Grizzlenoun
gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black
Etymology: [F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See Gris, and cf. Grisaille.]
Wikidata
Grizzle
Grizzle is a mixture of red or black hairs with white hairs. It is frequently a bluish-gray or iron-gray color.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Grizzle
griz′l, n. a gray colour.—adjs. Grizz′led, gray, or mixed with gray; Grizz′ly, of a gray colour.—n. the grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis) of the Rocky Mountains. [M. E. grisel—Fr. gris, gray—Mid. High Ger. grís, gray, Ger. greis.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GRIZZLE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grizzle is ranked #7638 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Grizzle surname appeared 4,347 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Grizzle.
88.1% or 3,832 total occurrences were White.
7.2% or 314 total occurrences were Black.
1.8% or 80 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.7% or 74 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.6% or 28 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 19 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for grizzle »
grizzel
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of grizzle in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of grizzle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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