Sizzling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hissing or sputtering.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from sizzle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of sizzle.
  • adjective. Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
  • adjective. Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
  • adjective. Exciting and intensely emotional.
  • noun. Such a hissing sound.
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  • adjective. hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound
  • adjective. characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
  • Word Usage
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    Equivalent
    hot  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    sizzle  
    verb-stem
    sizzle