sleet
/sliːt/
verb
- To fall as sleet (used with 'it' as the subject).
- It started to sleet just as we left the house.
- It sleeted all morning, so we canceled our hike.
- If it sleets, the school bus might be delayed.
noun
- A mixture of rain and snow, or partly frozen rain that falls as ice pellets.
- We stayed inside because the sleet was making driving dangerous.
- A thin layer of sleet covered the sidewalk, making it slippery.
- The weather forecast warned of sleet and icy roads tonight.