grizzly.
Grey-haired, greyish.
Meaning & usage
Grey-haired, greyish.
Misspelling of grisly.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English grizzle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grizzly From grizzle + -y.
A grizzly bear.
Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English grizzle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grizzly From grizzle + -y.
Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.
a grizzly baby
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