sizzle
si zuhl
- n a sizzling noise
- v make a sound like frying fat
- v seethe with deep anger or resentment
- v burn or sear with a sizzling sound
The fat sizzled in the pan
- He called on Congress to do its job and not "sit on the economic skillet and let the pork sizzle.
- The film has lots of terrific turns to support its leading ladies: from Richard Gere, as the sexy weasel lawyer; from Queen Latifah, exuding the wry sizzle of a star who doesn't .
- The engines went ka-blooey, the electrical system such as it was would sizzle, and things would just fall off.