Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a sizzling noise;
VERB (3)
1.
make a sound like frying fat;
2.
seethe with deep anger or resentment;
- Example: "She was sizzling with anger"3.
burn or sear with a sizzling sound;
- Example: "The fat sizzled in the pan"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sizzle \Siz"zle\, n.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sizzle
n 1: a sizzling noise
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"