What does grizzle mean?

Definitions for grizzle
ˈgrɪz əlgriz·zle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grizzleverb

    a grey wig

  2. grizzle, brood, stewverb

    be in a huff; be silent or sullen

  3. whine, grizzle, yammer, yawpverb

    complain whiningly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Grizzle

    Grizzle is a surname.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Grizzlenoun

    gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black

  2. Etymology: [F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See Gris, and cf. Grisaille.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grizzle in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grizzle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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