grizzling

American  

[griz-ling] / ˈgrɪz lɪŋ /

noun

British.

1. the act of complaining or whimpering.

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Etymology

Origin of grizzling

grizzle ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

‘You is a human bean and you is saying it is grizzling and horrigust for giants to be eating human beans. Right or left?’

From Literature

So when a grizzling baby is brought onto a bus where Rosie is sitting, we see only her softening reaction to it.

From New York Times

The chorus of grizzling was so loud and long that I was surprised she didn’t relent and go back on her plan.

From Literature

In my case, a young woman “nipping in” with a grizzling toddler once meant that I found myself forlorn and embarrassed, sitting in soggy knickers and left with a rank chair cushion.

From The Guardian

“I was bouncing her up and down and she was still grizzling, so I walked outside with her.”

From Literature