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sizzling

  • /ˈsɪzəlɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of sizzle

adjective more sizzling · most sizzling

  1. Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
  2. in the names of dishes in Asian cuisine etc. Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
  3. informal Exciting and intensely emotional or sexual.
  4. informal Very skilful or impressive. The two teams played a sizzling match.

noun sizzlings

  1. Such a hissing sound.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hot, red-hot, boiling, sizzly, hissy, fizzy, scorchio, squealy, sibilatory, hot-making, squirty, crackling, fizzing, whizzing, sibilant, crepitant

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@misc{sizzling_2026,
  title = {sizzling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sizzling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}