Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sizzle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sizzle \Siz"zle\, n.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
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