sizzle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: siz=zle

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.

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, zoom

ROGET THESAURUS

sizzle

Sibilation

VB hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.