drizzle
noun
[ ˈdrɪz(ə)l ]
• light rain falling in very fine drops.
• "Scotland will be cloudy with patchy drizzle"
• (in cooking) a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over food.
• "raw mushrooms, thinly sliced and served with lemon, a little salt, and a drizzle of olive oil"
Similar:
trickle,
dribble,
drip,
drop,
droplet,
stream,
rivulet,
runnel,
topping,
covering,
sprinkle,
sprinkling,
drizzle
verb
• rain lightly.
• "it's started to drizzle"
• (in cooking) trickle a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over food.
• "drizzle the clarified butter over the top"
Origin:
mid 16th century: probably based on Old English drēosan ‘to fall’, of Germanic origin; probably related to dreary.
