sizzle
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siz·zle
(sĭz′əl)intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles
1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat.
2. To seethe with anger or indignation.
3. To be very hot: a summer day that sizzled.
4. To be very popular, exciting, or interesting: a movie that sizzled at the box office.
n.
1. A hissing sound.
2. The appeal of or the excitement generated by a product or service: an advertising campaign that captured the sizzle of the new technology.
[Perhaps frequentative of Middle English sissen, to hiss, of imitative origin.]
siz′zling·ly adv.
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sizzle
(ˈsɪzəl)vb (intr)
1. to make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat
2. informal to be very hot
3. informal to be very angry
n
a hissing sound
[C17: of imitative origin. Compare siss (now dialect) to hiss, West Frisian size, siizje. See also fizz and fizzle]
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siz•zle
(ˈsɪz əl)v. -zled, -zling,
n. v.i.
1. to make a hissing sound, as in frying; crackle.
2. to be very hot.
3. to be very angry.
v.t. 4. to fry or burn with or as if with a hissing sound.
n. 5. a sizzling sound.
[1595–1605; imitative; see -le]
siz′zler, n.
siz′zling•ly, adv.
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sizzle
Past participle: sizzled
Gerund: sizzling
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| Noun | 1. | sizzle - a sizzling noise noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| Verb | 1. | sizzle - make a sound like frying fat |
| 2. | sizzle - seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger" seethe - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" | |
| 3. | sizzle - burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan" |
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sizzle
verb hiss, spit, crackle, sputter, fry, frizzle The sausages and the burgers sizzled on the barbecue.
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