sleet

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
2. noun Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
3. noun A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
4. noun The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
5. verb To be in a state in which sleet is falling.

   I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.

Similar words

ice ice pellets slush silver storm slushy icestorm snow sludge slushie wintry mix

Often followed by

and or storm of was had in that on

Word family

sleeted sleetier sleetiest sleeting sleets sleety