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sizzling adjective [ ˈsɪz(ə)lɪŋ ]

• very hot.
• "the sizzling summer temperatures"

sizzle verb

• (of food) make a hissing sound when frying or cooking.
• "the bacon began to sizzle in the pan"
Similar: crackle, frizzle, sputter, hiss, spit, fry,
• 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),
Opposite: freezing,
Origin: early 17th century: imitative.


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