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sizzle [ˈsɪzəl] vb (intr) 1. to make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat 2. Informal to be very hot 3. Informal to be very angry n
a hissing sound [of imitative origin. Compare siss (now dialect) to hiss, West Frisian size, siizje. See also fizz and fizzle] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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As carefully as possible they descended this, the rain continuing to fall, the wind to blow, the lightning to sizzle all about them and the thunder to boom in their ears. There was a sizzle and odour of burning flesh, and a sharp cry of pain. He told them how red-hot shot are dropped into a cannon, a wad of wet clay between them and the cartridge; how they sizzle and reek when they strike wood, and how the little ship-boys of the Miss Jim Buck hove water over them and shouted to the fort to try again. |
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