sizzlers
əl verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to fry or burn with or as if with a hissing sound: to sizzle steaks on the grill; The sun sizzles the pavement.
noun
5.
a sizzling sound.
Related forms
siz·zler, noun
siz·zling·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. sputter, spatter, crackle, hiss.
1. sputter, spatter, crackle, hiss.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat |
| 2. | informal to be very hot |
| 3. | informal to be very angry |
| —n | |
| 4. | a hissing sound |
| [C17: of imitative origin. Compare siss (now dialect) to hiss, West Frisian size, siizje. See also | |
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Word Origin & History
sizzle
c.1600, perhaps a frequentative form of M.E. sissen "hiss, buzz," of imitative origin. The figurative sense is attested from 1859. The noun is first recorded 1823.
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