sizzling

siz·zle  (szl)

intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·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.

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

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sizzling·ly adv.

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sizzling [ˈsɪzlɪŋ]

adj

1. extremely hot

2. very passionate or erotic a sizzling sex scene

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sizzling - hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
	2.	sizzling - characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues" red-hot hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"

Translations

sizzling [ˈsɪzlɪŋ]

A. ADJ [heat] → sofocante; [shot etc] → fulminante

B. N → chisporroteo m, crepitación f

sizzling

adj fat, bacon → brutzelnd; (inf) temperatures → siedend; weather → brütend heiß; performance → erregend

adv sizzling hot → kochend heiß; it was a sizzling hot day (inf) → es war knallheiß (inf)