sizzle
sizzling; sizzled; sizzles
When things sizzle, they make a sound like the hissing and popping you hear when you fry food in fat. Drop pieces of bacon in a hot pan and they'll sizzle.
A grilled cheese sandwich sizzles in melted butter, and veggie burgers sizzle on a hot grill. You can also use sizzle in a figurative way, when it's so hot that you feel like food in a hot pan: "I'm not going to the pool today, I'll sizzle in the heat." This verb dates from about 1600, and it probably comes from the imitative Middle English sissen.
Definitions of sizzle
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make a sound like frying fat
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type of:
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make noise, noise, resound
emit a noise
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make noise, noise, resound
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burn or sear with a sizzling sound
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seethe with deep anger or resentment
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a sizzling noise
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type of:
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noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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noise
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