[siz-uh
l] 
verb, -zled, -zling, noun | 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 over that insult. |
| 4. | to fry or burn with or as if with a hissing sound: to sizzle steaks on the grill; The sun sizzles the pavement. |
| 5. | a sizzling sound. |
| siz·zle (sĭz'əl) intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles
[Perhaps frequentative of Middle English sissen, to hiss, of imitative origin.] siz'zling·ly adv. |