grizzly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
    silver-tip; silvertip; grizzly bear; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.
  2. adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
    gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grey; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
    • whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
    • nodded his hoary head

WordNet

Griz"zly noun
Wordforms
plural Grizzlies
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
  2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. Local, U. S. Raymond.

Webster 1913