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Webster 1913 Edition
Sizzle
Siz′zle
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sizzled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sizzling
.] [See
Siss
.] To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Forby.
Siz′zle
,Noun.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Definition 2024
sizzle
sizzle
English
Verb
sizzle (third-person singular simple present sizzles, present participle sizzling, simple past and past participle sizzled)
- to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
- to be exciting or dazzling
- The song sizzled with energy.
Translations
to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
Noun
sizzle (countable and uncountable, plural sizzles)
- (countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface
- We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.
- (uncountable) zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.
- Her performance had a lot of sizzle.
Translations
the sound of water hitting a hot surface