sizzle
verb
[ ˈsɪz(ə)l ]
• (of food) make a hissing sound when frying or cooking.
• "the bacon began to sizzle in the pan"
• be very hot.
• "we sizzled in blazing sunshine this week"
Similar:
extremely hot,
red-hot,
unbearably hot,
baking (hot),
blazing,
flaming,
fiery,
burning,
scorching,
blistering,
searing,
sweltering,
torrid,
tropical,
like an oven,
like a furnace,
like a blowtorch,
parching,
withering,
broiling,
boiling (hot),
sizzle
noun
• a hissing sound, as of food frying or cooking.
• "the sizzle of hot dogs"
• a state or quality of great excitement or passion.
• "it would be a waste not to cast him in roles requiring some sexual sizzle"
Origin:
early 17th century: imitative.
