grizz

English

Etymology

Clipping of grizzly

Noun

grizz (plural grizzes)

1. (informal) Grizzly bear.
   • 1996, Safier, Adventures for Readers, →ISBN, page 520:

     "Of course," Walter continued, "nobody's looked under every tree for grizzes."

   • 1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, →ISBN, page 36:

     So somebody told them Fish and Game hasn't issued permits for a bear hunt in ten years, the grizz population in the Park being down to what it is and all.

   • 2011, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Should've Been a Cowboy, →ISBN, page 134:

     “Are you sure it was a black bear and not a grizz?”