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noun

plural of sizzle
as in whistles
a sound similar to the speech sound \s\ stretched out there was a brief sizzle as the moth flew into the flame

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sizzle
1
as in hisses
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan

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2
as in steams
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit

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Recent Examples of sizzles
Verb
Families heading to Las Vegas may love a water park pit stop, especially when the summer heat sizzles over 100 degrees. — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 Patrons sit at picnic tables under big umbrellas – necessary for that Danville sun – with glasses of cold wine and beer, including Lebanese pilsner, while upbeat music plays and a smoky grill sizzles with shish tawook and seven-spice lamb skewers. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 The lot sizzles and pops in the butter, imbuing it with a depth of flavor not unlike the technique of making Indian tadka. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 July 2026 As Europe sizzles amid another record-breaking heatwave, many American states are preparing for a similar event. — Taco Engelaar, Fortune, 30 June 2026 The road beneath our feet sizzles in the sun. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes. — Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026 Communication sizzles as Mercury’s friction with change-maker Uranus triggers impatience, sensory overload or sudden changes in plans. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 And at Teppanyaki Fuji Kanda, an outpost of Tokyo’s Michelin three-star Nihon Ryori Kanda, rare-breed beef from Kagoshima sizzles on a hot plate. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzles
  1. whistles
  2. hisses
  3. steams
  4. zips
  5. rages
  6. burns
  7. boils
  8. storms
Noun
  • While other animals such as rats and mice are also known to have laryngeal whistles, the study says that horses are believed to be the only animals known to combine the whistle with vocal fold vibrations to create a single, dual sound call.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of whistles
Verb
  • Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of hisses
Verb
  • The series left Netflix at the end of June (A Year in the Life remains available there) and currently steams on Hulu and Prime Video.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of steams
Noun
  • That can include robotic arm at the stalls, or a single robot arm on a rail over the stalls that zips back and forth handling the plug.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Wood was asked about a golf outing where a friend’s father showed up in a traditional dress code, only to find the rest of the group in quarter-zips and in vests from a brand that shall go unnamed but is synonymous with New York’s Wall Street.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of zips
Verb
  • Scientists believe the planet might have looked something like the Mojave Desert on Earth, with water flowing through it, but the debate rages on.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2026
  • As the war with Iran rages on and transit through the Strait of Hormuz is constrained, energy prices remain high (though not quite as high as before).
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rages
Verb
  • And the Diderot-Baudelaire-Fried tree abides even as the forest burns mutely round it, match lit by Elon Musk and company.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Besides losing parts of her fingers on her left hand, the child suffered a cut to her right hand and burns to her left hand and left arm, prosecutors said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of burns
Verb
  • Grylls cuts off the animal’s tongue with a knife and boils it over a campfire.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Mariscos Cortez is a seafood restaurant with flavors from the coast of Mexico that will serve a small menu of ceviche, aguachiles and Jalisco-style shrimp boils.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
Definition of boils
Verb
  • Mars storms the Official Streaming chart with five titles, while one of his most successful collaborations becomes a bestseller again on multiple rosters.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Although significant, that event was far less powerful than the Carrington Event — or the even rarer storms the new study suggests may be possible.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of storms

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