sizzle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sizzling noise
  2. verb make a sound like frying fat
  3. verb seethe with deep anger or resentment
    • She was sizzling with anger
  4. verb burn or sear with a sizzling sound
    • The fat sizzled in the pan

WordNet

Siz"zle intransitive verb
Etymology
See Siss.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sizzled ; present participle & verbal noun Sizzling
Definitions
  1. To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S. Forby.
Siz"zle noun
Definitions
  1. A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.

Webster 1913