sizzle

intr.v., -zled, -zling, -zles.

1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat.
2. To seethe with anger or indignation.
3. To be very hot: a summer day that sizzled.

n.
A hissing sound.

[Perhaps frequentative of Middle English sissen, to hiss, of imitative origin.]

sizzlingly siz'zling·ly adv.

verb

To make a sharp sibilant sound: fizz, fizzle, hiss, sibilate, swish, whiz, whoosh. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: make a sound like frying fat

Meaning #2: seethe with deep anger or resentment

Meaning #3: burn or sear with a sizzling sound

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - syde, brase, stege
n. - syden, brasen, stegen

Nederlands (Dutch)
sissen, geroosterd worden, opwindend zijn, gesis, opwinding

Français (French)
v. intr. - grésiller
n. - grésillement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zischen
v. - zischen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξεροτηγάνισμα, τσιγάρισμα, τσιτσίρισμα (τηγανίσματος), (μτφ.) συναρπαστική κατάσταση
v. - ξεροτηγανίζω, τσιγαρίζω, τσιτσιρίζω (σε τηγάνι), (μτφ.) βρίσκομαι σε υπερδιέγερση

Italiano (Italian)
sfrigolio, sfrigolare, scoppiare dal caldo, bollire di rabbia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - chiado (m)
v. - crepitar, estar extremamente quente

Русский (Russian)
шипеть, опалять, страдать от жары, кипеть от злости, шипение

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - chisporrotear
n. - chisporroteo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fräsande
v. - fräsa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发嘶嘶声, 嘶嘶声

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發嘶嘶聲
n. - 嘶嘶聲

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (음식을 구울 때) 지글지글 하다, 찌는 듯이 덥다, 깊은 원한을 품다
n. - 지글지글하는 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ジュージューいう音
v. - ジュージューいう, じりじりする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أزيز أو طشيش (فعل) يئز " ألدهن " أو يطش " عند قليه "‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רחש, תסס, להט‬
n. - ‮רחישה, תסיסה‬

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