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sizzle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sizzle has 1 sense
Verb sizzle has 3 senses
- sizzle(v = verb.communication) Array - make a sound like frying fat; Array is one way to make noise, noise, resound
- sizzle(v = verb.emotion) Array - seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger" is one way to boil, seethe
- sizzle(v = verb.change) Array - burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan" is one way to scorch, sear
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CIDE DICTIONARY
sizzle, v. i. [See Siss.].
To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. Forby. [1913 Webster]
sizzle, n.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sizzle, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 make a sputtering or hissing sound as of frying.
2 colloq. be in a state of great heat or excitement or marked effectiveness.
--n.
1 a sizzling sound.
2 colloq. a state of great heat or excitement.
--v.intr.
1 make a sputtering or hissing sound as of frying.
2 colloq. be in a state of great heat or excitement or marked effectiveness.
--n.
1 a sizzling sound.
2 colloq. a state of great heat or excitement.
Derivative
sizzler n. sizzling adj. & adv. (sizzling hot).
Etymology
imit.
THESAURUS
sizzle
assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, barrel, be livid, be pissed, bluster, boil, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, browned off, brush, burn, buzz, carry on, chafe, clip, cut along, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, fret, frication, frictional rustling, fume, go fast, go on, have a conniption, highball, hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, make knots, nip, outstrip the wind, pissed off, pour it on, rage, raise Cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rave, rhonchus, rip, scorch, sear, seethe, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, simmer, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzling, skim, smoke, smolder, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, speed, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, stew, storm, storm along, sweep, swish, take on, tear, tear along, throw a fit, thunder along, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zing, zip, zoomROGET THESAURUS
sizzle
Sibilation
VB hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.
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