SIZZLING
sizzling
(adjective) hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; “a sizzling steak”; “a sizzling spell of weather”
sizzling, red-hot
(adjective) characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; “a red-hot speech”; “sizzling political issues”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
sizzling
present participle of sizzle
Adjective
sizzling (comparative more sizzling, superlative most sizzling)
Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
(of food in a Chinese restaurant etc) Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
Exciting and intensely emotional or sexual.
Noun
sizzling (plural sizzlings)
Such a hissing sound.
Source: Wiktionary
Siz"zling, a. & n.
Definition: from Sizzle.
SIZZLE
Siz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sizzling.] Etym: [See Siss.]
Definition: To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Forby.
Siz"zle, n.
Definition: A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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