The meaning of Sizzle

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The delicious cool of marble corridors after the blazing heat outside

verb

Burn fiercely or brightly.

Usage examples:

Plumes of smoke rose from fires blazing around the city

verb

Set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer.

Usage examples:

Small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow

adjective

(of heat) intense.

Usage examples:

The blistering heat of the desert

verb

Form blisters on the skin or other surface.

Usage examples:

The surface of the door began to blister

adjective

Very strong and severe

Usage examples:

The vice president launched a blistering attack on senate republicans.

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

verb

Make a rapid succession of short sharp noises.

Usage examples:

The fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks

noun

A sound made up of a rapid succession of short sharp noises.

Usage examples:

There was a crackle and a whine from the microphone

verb

To make a set of short, sharp sounds

Usage examples:

The fire spread to an evergreen tree, which crackled with flames., the crackle of a radio broadcast

adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Usage examples:

The sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

adjective

Flaming or extremely bright, hot, or of a red color like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery explosion, the fiery rays of the sun, fig. fiery (= spicy hot) chili, he’s known for his fi…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

verb

Fry or grill with a sizzling noise.

Usage examples:

Elsie had the fat frizzling in the chip pan

noun

The sound or act of frying.

Usage examples:

The frizzle of the pan

noun

A tight curl in hair.

Usage examples:

A dewy scalp where the frizzles stuck awry

verb

Cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan.

Usage examples:

She fried a rasher of bacon, a sausage and a slice of bread

noun

French fries; chips.

Usage examples:

By now, the fans have had their fill of burgers, fries, pizza, wings and nachos.

plural noun

Young fish, especially when newly hatched.

Usage examples:

I focused next on a little fish fry hiding on a bubble coral.

verb

Make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s.

Usage examples:

The escaping gas was hissing

noun

A sharp sibilant sound.

Usage examples:

The spit and hiss of a cornered cat

adjective

Causing dryness through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A fierce parching heat has set in

verb

Make or become dry through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A piece of grassland parched by the sun

verb

To dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain

Usage examples:

The fierce sun parched the soil.

adjective

Very successful or popular

Usage examples:

The news sent the company's red-hot stock surging upwards more than 21%., a red-hot market/economy

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The scorching july sun

verb

Burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

adjective

(of the weather) very hot

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be outside in this scorching heat., it was scorching hot at the beach.

adjective

Extremely hot or intense.

Usage examples:

The searing heat of the sun

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Very hot

Usage examples:

Searing temperatures, gary felt searing pain in his leg.

verb

Eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.

Usage examples:

Todd spat in hugh's face

noun

Saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.

Usage examples:

I brought up all this phlegm and spit into my mouth, and at first it was so, so foul i nearly choked.

verb

Put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire.

Usage examples:

He spitted the rabbit and cooked it

verb

Make a series of soft explosive or spitting sounds.

Usage examples:

The engine sputtered and stopped

noun

A series of soft explosive or spitting sounds.

Usage examples:

The sputter of the motor died away

verb

To make repeated explosive sounds

Usage examples:

[ i ] the plane’s engine began to sputter., [ i ] he sputtered and flapped his hands in response.

adjective

Uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

A sweltering english summer

verb

Be uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform

adjective

Extremely hot

Usage examples:

A sweltering summer day

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

The torrid heat of the afternoon

adjective

(of weather) extremely hot

Usage examples:

Summers in the tropics are torrid., he kept up his torrid hitting pace with a sixth homer in eight …

adjective

A torrid period of time is full of difficult problems

Usage examples:

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times., these were a torrid few days for spanish i…

adjective

Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.

Usage examples:

Tropical countries

adjective

Of or characteristic of the tropics (= the hottest area of the earth)

Usage examples:

A tropical climate, a tropical storm

abbreviation

Weight.

noun

The twenty-third letter of the alphabet.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 74, a hard steel-grey metal of the transition series. it has a very high melting point (3410°c) and is used to make electric light filaments.