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sizzle


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sizzle  \Siz"zle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sizzled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sizzling}.]  [See  {Siss}.] 
  To  make  a  hissing  sound;  to  fry,  or  to  dry  and  shrivel  up 
  with  a  hissing  sound.  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Colloq.  U.  S.]  --Forby. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sizzle  \Siz"zle\,  n. 
  A  hissing  sound,  as  of  something  frying  over  a  fire.  [Prov. 
  Eng.  &  Colloq.  U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sizzle 
  v  1:  make  a  sound  like  frying  fat 
  2:  seethe  with  deep  anger  or  resentment;  "She  was  sizzling 
  with  anger" 
  3:  burn  or  sear  with  a  sizzling  sound;  "The  fat  sizzled  in  the 
  pan" 




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