sizzle
to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
Informal. to be very hot: It's sizzling out.
Informal. to be very angry; harbor deep resentment: I'm still sizzling over that insult.
to fry or burn with or as if with a hissing sound: to sizzle steaks on the grill; The sun sizzles the pavement.
a sizzling sound.
Origin of sizzle
1Other words for sizzle
Other words from sizzle
- sizzler, noun
- siz·zling·ly, adverb
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How to use sizzle in a sentence
The little stove was roaring; it was red-hot, and the chocolate in the tin sizzled and sputtered.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHer decks fairly sizzled in the sun, and her sails flopped like huge planks of wood.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea | Charles H. L. JohnstonThey sat in silence while the bird sizzled and cooked over the fire.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley ArnoldHe hissed and sizzled for a while, and then hardened into a free-thinker.
The Spell of Switzerland | Nathan Haskell DoleAnd how fragrantly the hot bacon sizzled and spluttered in the pan!
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for sizzle
/ (ˈsɪzəl) /
to make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat
informal to be very hot
informal to be very angry
a hissing sound
Origin of sizzle
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