sleet
noun
[ sliːt ]
• rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls.
• "driving sleet and rain made conditions horrendous"
sleet
verb
• sleet falls.
• "it was sleeting so hard we could barely see"
Origin:
Middle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German slōten (plural) ‘hail’ and German Schlosse ‘hailstone’.
