Mizzle vs Hizzle - What's the difference?
mizzle | hizzle |
To rain in very fine drops.
misty rain or drizzle
(chiefly, British) To abscond, scram, flee.
* 19th c. Epigram quoted by (1810 - 1877), reproduced in Webster 1902-1913:
* 1850, [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1593080638&id=ZIjn0JH0x5EC&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&sig=pHEE_LSu9AbOSBy47FAbydKRHeo]
* 1986, Joan Aiken, Dido and Pa [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618196234&id=MNEhgMsgaIMC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&sig=JAfeh2dResB-FcNOuZRJBiu0ISA]
(slang) House, residence.
* 2006 , Alice Alfonsi, That's So Raven: Superstar , Disney Press (2006), ISBN 9780786838363,
* 2008 , "
* 2009 , Laurie McElroy, Hannah Montana: Wishful Thinking , Disney Press (2009), ISBN 9781423114215,
(slang) Hell.
* 2003 , "
* 2006 , Kasey Henricks, "
* 2008 , Doug Giles, If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going , ReadHowYouWant (2008), ISBN 9781458747969,
As nouns the difference between mizzle and hizzle
is that mizzle is misty rain or drizzle while hizzle is house, residence.As a verb mizzle
is to rain in very fine drops.mizzle
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(mizzl)Synonyms
* (rain in very fine drops) drizzleNoun
(-)See also
* mizzlyEtymology 2
.An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (ISBN 0486122867)''Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (ISBN 0199232059)Verb
(mizzl)- As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled .
- “Now you may mizzle , Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
- “Now you better mizzle ,” Dido told him. “Get back to your own quarters, fast.”
References
hizzle
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
- Jay Pizzle’s in the hizzle !
page 63:
- On Tuesdays and Thursdays he rocked the "hizzle " during lunch period.
Events for Tuesday in New York", New York Daily News , 10 March 2008:
- Don't miss Snoop Dogg at the Blender Theater at Gramercy. The rapper will be performing hits from his album "Ego Trippin" and is sure to rock the hizzle .
page 76:
- "What? Just because I live in the White Hizzle doesn't mean I got no sizzle," said the president.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
.Noun
(-)Are You Ready for the Summer", Spin , July 2003:
- Perhaps no one understands what the hizzle Snoop Dogg is talking about, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers like what they're hearing
Join me for a pj party at my place", The All State (Austin Peay State University), Volume 77, Number 17. 1 February 2006, page 3:
- At least, that's what our mentors have always told us, but what the hizzle are they talking about?
page 16:
- Hurricanes, though wickedly devastating, give you about a month to get the hizzle out of the way.
