sizzle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪzəl

Verb

sizzle (third-person singular simple present sizzles, present participle sizzling, simple past and past participle sizzled)

1. to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
2. to be exciting or dazzling

   The song sizzled with energy.

Translations

to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface

• Catalan: espurnejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘯 (cmn), 啸 (cmn) (xiào), 噝 (cmn), 噝 (cmn) (sī)

• French: grésiller (fr)
• German: zischen (de)

• Hungarian: sistereg (hu)
• Polish: skwierczeć (pl)
• Russian: шипеть (ru) (šipétʹ) impf., шкварчать (ru) (škvarčátʹ) impf.
• Spanish: chisporrotear (es), chirriar (es)

to be exciting or dazzling

Noun

sizzle (countable and uncountable; plural sizzles)

1. (countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface

   We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.

2. (uncountable) zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.

   Her performance had a lot of sizzle.

Translations

the sound of water hitting a hot surface

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噝噝作響 (cmn), 咝咝作响 (cmn) (sīsīzuòxiǎng)

• French: grésillement (fr) m
• German: Zischen (de) n
• Hungarian: sistergés (hu)

• Japanese: シューシューいう音 (ja) (shūshū iu oto)
• Polish: skwierczenie (pl) n
• Russian: шипение (ru) (šipénije) n, шкварчание (ru) (škvarčánije) n
• Spanish: chirriar (es)

zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement

• Spanish: chirrido (es) m

Anagrams

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