sizzle

sizzle
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Sizzle — Siz zle, v. 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sizzle — Siz zle, n. A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • sizzle — (v.) c.1600, perhaps a frequentative form of M.E. sissen hiss, buzz, of imitative origin. The figurative sense is attested from 1859. Related: Sizzled; sizzling. The noun is first recorded 1823 …   Etymology dictionary

  • sizzle — [v] hiss, fry broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, frizzle, grill, roast, sear, sibilate, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz; concepts 65,170 …   New thesaurus

  • sizzle — ► VERB 1) (of food) make a hissing sound when frying or roasting. 2) (sizzling) informal very hot or exciting. ► NOUN ▪ an instance or the sound of sizzling. DERIVATIVES sizzler noun. ORIGIN i …   English terms dictionary

  • sizzle — UK [ˈsɪz(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms sizzle : present tense I/you/we/they sizzle he/she/it sizzles present participle sizzling past tense sizzled past participle sizzled to make the sound of food cooking in hot oil sausages sizzling… …   English dictionary

  • sizzle — 1. verb a) to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface The song sizzled with energy. b) to be exciting or dazzling 2. noun …   Wiktionary

  • sizzle — sizzler, n. sizzlingly, adv. /siz euhl/, v., sizzled, sizzling, n. v.i. 1. to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning. 2. Informal. to be very hot: It s sizzling out. 3. Informal. to be very angry; harbor deep resentment: I m still sizzling …   Universalium

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