sizzle

🇺🇸 /ˈsɪzl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsɪzl/
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noun
R

The sound that food makes when it's frying in hot oil.

You can hear the sizzle from the kitchen as the fries cook.

R

An exciting or thrilling quality.

The game added extra sizzle with its new graphics.

intransitive verb
R

To make the sound of food frying.

The bacon started to sizzle in the pan.

R

To be very exciting or thrilling, often in a sexual way.

The new movie trailer promises that the film will really sizzle.

translation

n. The sound that food makes when it's frying in hot oil.; An exciting or thrilling quality.
vi. To make the sound of food frying.; To be very exciting or thrilling, often in a sexual way.

Word Forms

3rd Present sizzles
Progressive sizzling
Past sizzled
Plural sizzles
Perfect sizzled