Sizzle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sizzle \Siz"zle\, n.
     A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov.
     Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sizzle
       v 1: make a sound like frying fat
       2: seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with
          anger"
       3: burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the
          pan"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  115 Moby Thesaurus words for "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