rizzle
verb
rizzle is a verb meaning “To creep, as ivy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-Z-Z-L-E, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rizzle mean?
verb
- 1
UKTo creep, as ivy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rizzle
- rizzles present, singular, he/she/it
- rizzling participle, present
- rizzled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rizzle?
Rizzle appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rizzle come from?
Potentially related to rise, with the frequentative suffix -le. Compare siss and sizzle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).