Definition of "sleet" [sleet]

• Precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops. (noun)
• A mixture of rain and snow or hail. (noun)
• A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets. (noun)
• To shower sleet. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The hill-people in the country of Lampong speak indeed of a peculiar kind of rain that falls there, which some have supposed to be what we call sleet; but the fact is not sufficiently established."
• "The clouds are low and solid, and the blowing sleet is almost horizontal."
• "Don't have time to comment, going to give some serious tips how to stay warm like ATV and snowmobiling at 30 below or a 110 above, rain sleet or snow you can do it!"