sizzle
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈsɪzəl/
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chisporroteo
- Bobby's voice is barely audible above the sound of sizzle: "It isn't just the bucks, babe."
- steak sizzle
- hear the sizzle
- sizzle of butter
Examples
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Suddenly, over the crackling silence, the sizzle of boots as they filed through the weeds.
Fiction book (1994) -
A sharp crack of thunder and the sizzle of lightning answered her.
Fiction book (1991) -
We stood elbow to elbow, I with my shovel, she with her fork, listening to the sizzle.
Fiction book (2000) -
And then the sizzle, the bitter smell of burning hair wrenched Mum from her stupor.
Fiction book (1994) -
Violet hears the sizzle-pop of the beer as Corky returns to the bed.
Fiction book (1996) -
The taste, the scent, the sizzle of burning mint must summon his lust for gold and pacify him.
Fiction book (2002) -
The sizzle of bacon on the hot pan filled the kitchen with an appetizing aroma.
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As the steak reached the grill, the unmistakable sizzle filled the air, promising a delicious meal.
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Listeners were captivated by the sizzle of the fireworks as they illuminated the night sky.
Synonyms
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2.6
A long sharp s sound made by animals, objects, or people to show disapproval
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3.8
A series of short sharp sounds like the noise from a fire or static
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3.9
A series of short, sharp popping sounds
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Etymology
Sizzle is a sound word that copies the noise of frying or hissing, like the familiar word hiss, so think of bacon crackling in a hot pan. So a sizzle is that hot, hissing or crackling sound you hear when something cooks or burns.