Definition of: sleet

(slēt) noun
1. A mixture of snow or hail and rain.
2. A drizzle or shower of partly frozen rain, or rain that freezes as it falls.
3. A thin coating of ice, as on rails, wires, roads, etc.
—v.i To pour or shed sleet. [Akin to MLG slote hail]
—sleet′y adjective