Sizzle
verb
To make a hissing sound, like food frying.
The bacon was sizzling in the pan.
Often appears as...
- sizzle in the pan
- sizzle on the grill
verb
To be very hot.
The desert sizzles during the day.
Often appears as...
- sizzle in the heat
- sizzle under the sun
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To be exciting or sexy.
Their new dancing routine really sizzles.
Often appears as...
- sizzle with excitement
- sizzle on stage
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A hissing sound, like food frying.
I love the sizzle of bacon in the morning.
Often appears as...
- the sizzle of bacon
- the sizzle of the grill
verb
To make a hissing sound, like food frying.
The bacon was sizzling in the pan.
Often appears as...
- sizzle in the pan
- sizzle on the grill
verb
To be very hot.
The desert sizzles during the day.
Often appears as...
- sizzle in the heat
- sizzle under the sun
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To be exciting or sexy.
Their new dancing routine really sizzles.
Often appears as...
- sizzle with excitement
- sizzle on stage
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A hissing sound, like food frying.
I love the sizzle of bacon in the morning.
Often appears as...
- the sizzle of bacon
- the sizzle of the grill
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Cooking Sounds
Used to describe the specific sound food makes when it's cooking in oil or fat.
I could hear the eggs sizzle as they hit the hot skillet.
Pro Tip 2/2Indicates Heat
Implies food is being cooked at a high temperature, causing the noise.
The steak started to sizzle the moment it touched the grill.
Pro Tip 1/2Cooking Sounds
Used to describe the specific sound food makes when it's cooking in oil or fat.
I could hear the eggs sizzle as they hit the hot skillet.
Pro Tip 2/2Indicates Heat
Implies food is being cooked at a high temperature, causing the noise.
The steak started to sizzle the moment it touched the grill.
Pro Tip 1/2Cooking Sounds
Used to describe the specific sound food makes when it's cooking in oil or fat.
I could hear the eggs sizzle as they hit the hot skillet.
Pro Tip 2/2Indicates Heat
Implies food is being cooked at a high temperature, causing the noise.
The steak started to sizzle the moment it touched the grill.
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Video examples
Pirates, nurses and...
He grew the bushy black beard that obscured his face. He slung braces of pistols on either shoulder. He even attached matches to the brim of his hat and set them alight, so they sizzled menacingly whenever his ship was poised to attack. And like many pirates of that era,
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
year anniversary was what is coming up and when the producers that lightbox came to us they had cut a little we call it a sizzle reel to kind of give you a little bit of insight of what the potential of film could be and in that reel there was a moment but if from
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Earworms: Those songs...
This imagery can be visual, like when you close your eyes and imagine a red wagon, or it can be auditory, like when you imagine the sound of a baby screaming, or oil sizzling in a pan. Earworms are a special form of auditory imagery
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
these no scorpions crawling out of the bar comfortable my dream on a vacation there's a hot in the sky can you see that sorry just can you see the heart sizzle or is it a Mickey Mouse it's a heart I'm gonna go with a heart
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Talithia Williams: Own...
In fact, we could probably pretty accurately estimate conception. Yeah, that's a story you want to tell at your kid's wedding reception. I remember like it was yesterday. My temperature was a sizzling 97.8 degrees
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Safari Live - Day 242 PIPE...
and those animals that tend to move to the cover of trees in lightning storms well sizzle pop and they're don't breed because being hit by a lightning bolt in a tree while invariably doesn't leave
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The "Greenhouse-in-a-Box"...
in winters. It is to grow tomatoes for a smallholder farmer, by a smallholder farmer, in sizzling hot Indian summers. So this greenhouse had to be small enough to fit in a portion of their land,
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A 3-Part Plan to Take On...
The asphalt sizzled and huge wildfires burned the forests around the city and people died. The last decade has been the hottest ever recorded in our history.
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The warning sounds of a...
glacierized fjords are the loudest natural ocean environment that we've measured so far the sizzling of ice melt
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Blind Boy Uses...
this sounded like that sizzle what do you think you found what is it well place well done Sam's only been
Video examples
Pirates, nurses and...
He grew the bushy black beard that obscured his face. He slung braces of pistols on either shoulder. He even attached matches to the brim of his hat and set them alight, so they sizzled menacingly whenever his ship was poised to attack. And like many pirates of that era,
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
year anniversary was what is coming up and when the producers that lightbox came to us they had cut a little we call it a sizzle reel to kind of give you a little bit of insight of what the potential of film could be and in that reel there was a moment but if from
Video examples
Earworms: Those songs...
This imagery can be visual, like when you close your eyes and imagine a red wagon, or it can be auditory, like when you imagine the sound of a baby screaming, or oil sizzling in a pan. Earworms are a special form of auditory imagery
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
these no scorpions crawling out of the bar comfortable my dream on a vacation there's a hot in the sky can you see that sorry just can you see the heart sizzle or is it a Mickey Mouse it's a heart I'm gonna go with a heart
Video examples
Talithia Williams: Own...
In fact, we could probably pretty accurately estimate conception. Yeah, that's a story you want to tell at your kid's wedding reception. I remember like it was yesterday. My temperature was a sizzling 97.8 degrees
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 242 PIPE...
and those animals that tend to move to the cover of trees in lightning storms well sizzle pop and they're don't breed because being hit by a lightning bolt in a tree while invariably doesn't leave
Video examples
The "Greenhouse-in-a-Box"...
in winters. It is to grow tomatoes for a smallholder farmer, by a smallholder farmer, in sizzling hot Indian summers. So this greenhouse had to be small enough to fit in a portion of their land,
Video examples
A 3-Part Plan to Take On...
The asphalt sizzled and huge wildfires burned the forests around the city and people died. The last decade has been the hottest ever recorded in our history.
Video examples
The warning sounds of a...
glacierized fjords are the loudest natural ocean environment that we've measured so far the sizzling of ice melt
Video examples
Blind Boy Uses...
this sounded like that sizzle what do you think you found what is it well place well done Sam's only been
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Karan Singh Grover
Indian Actor
My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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Wayne Grady
Australian Athlete
America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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Theo Epstein
American Businessman
Sometimes, on the business side, it's important to sort of have something with some sizzle in an offseason. It's the baseball operations department's job to push back against that, just as it's the business side's job to sometimes advance those thoughts.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.
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Koena Mitra
Indian Actress
I may wear sizzling costumes on screen or on the ramp, but back home, I love to be in my torn jeans and sneakers.
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Ella Woodward
English Writer
I can smell bacon sizzling or chicken roasting and appreciate the aroma, but I don't want to eat it.
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Camille Paglia
American Author
Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.
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Barbara Mikulski
American Politician
America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
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Cole Porter
American Composer
I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.
Quote examples
Karan Singh Grover
Indian Actor
My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
Quote examples
Wayne Grady
Australian Athlete
America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
Quote examples
Theo Epstein
American Businessman
Sometimes, on the business side, it's important to sort of have something with some sizzle in an offseason. It's the baseball operations department's job to push back against that, just as it's the business side's job to sometimes advance those thoughts.
Quote examples
Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.
Quote examples
Koena Mitra
Indian Actress
I may wear sizzling costumes on screen or on the ramp, but back home, I love to be in my torn jeans and sneakers.
Quote examples
Ella Woodward
English Writer
I can smell bacon sizzling or chicken roasting and appreciate the aroma, but I don't want to eat it.
Quote examples
Camille Paglia
American Author
Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
Quote examples
Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.
Quote examples
Barbara Mikulski
American Politician
America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
Quote examples
Cole Porter
American Composer
I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.
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