sizzle

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface.

   The sausages were sizzling on the barbecue.

2. verb To cook (something) in a manner which causes that sound.

   I sizzled the bacon for a few minutes in the pan.

3. verb To be exciting or dazzling.

   The song sizzled with energy.

4. noun The sound of water boiling on a hot surface.

   We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.

5. noun The process of being cooked which involves that sound.

   Give them a sizzle for a few more minutes before serving.

6. noun Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.

   Her performance had a lot of sizzle.

7. noun Ellipsis of sizzle reel.

Similar words

sizz zizzle fizz splish siss fizzle crackle wallop sploosh splosh

Often followed by

of and in on as with to for when

Word family

sizzled sizzles sizzling