"sizzle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪzəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sizzle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sizzles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzəl Etymology: Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sissen|t=to hiss; buzz; hum}} Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), {{suf|en|siss|le|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix}} siss + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sizzle (countable and uncountable, plural sizzles)
  1. (countable) The sound of water boiling on a hot surface. Tags: countable Translations (the sound of water hitting a hot surface): цвърчене (cvǎrčene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 噝噝作響 (Chinese Mandarin), 咝咝作响 (sīsīzuòxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), zasyčení [neuter] (Czech), kihinä (Finnish), sihinä (Finnish), grésillement [masculine] (French), Zischen [neuter] (German), sistergés (Hungarian), シューシューいう音 (shūshū iu oto) (Japanese), hihī (Maori), skwierczenie [neuter] (Polish), chiado [masculine] (Portuguese), шипе́ние (šipénije) [neuter] (Russian), шкварча́ние (škvarčánije) [neuter] (Russian), škvrčanie [neuter] (Slovak), chirriar (Spanish), cızırdama (Turkish), tiếng xèo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sizzle-en-noun-3pXNK7q7 Disambiguation of 'the sound of water hitting a hot surface': 86 10 4
  2. (countable, informal) The process of being cooked which involves that sound. Tags: countable, informal
    Sense id: en-sizzle-en-noun-vvAw3ayF
  3. (uncountable) Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement. Tags: uncountable Translations (zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement): poprask [masculine] (Czech), rozruch [masculine] (Czech), säpinä (Finnish), grésiller (French), chirrido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sizzle-en-noun-pAooli-- Categories (other): English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 5 11 47 4 28 4 Disambiguation of 'zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement': 1 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all sizzle and no steak, sausage sizzle, sizzle reel, sizzle steak

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪzəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sizzle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sizzles [present, singular, third-person], sizzling [participle, present], sizzled [participle, past], sizzled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪzəl Etymology: Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sissen|t=to hiss; buzz; hum}} Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), {{suf|en|siss|le|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix}} siss + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sizzle (third-person singular simple present sizzles, present participle sizzling, simple past and past participle sizzled)
  1. (intransitive) To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface): цвъртя (cvǎrtja) (Bulgarian), espurnejar (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (xiào) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (sī) (Chinese Mandarin), zasyčet [perfective] (Czech), sissen (Dutch), kihistä (Finnish), sihistä (Finnish), grésiller (French), zischen (German), sistereg (Hungarian), sihissä (Ingrian), sfrigolare (Italian), gorgogliare (Italian), hihī (Maori), grasilhar (Occitan), bronzinar (Occitan), skwierczeć (Polish), chiar (Portuguese), шипе́ть (šipétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), шкварча́ть (škvarčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), štrcati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), škvrčať (Slovak), chisporrotear (Spanish), chirriar (Spanish), cızırdamak (Turkish), шкварча́ти (škvarčáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), xèo xèo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sizzle-en-verb-gwmq5MNv Disambiguation of 'to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface': 91 7 2
  2. (transitive, informal) To cook (something) in a manner which causes that sound. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Fire Translations (to cook in a manner which causes sizzling): brutzeln (German)
    Sense id: en-sizzle-en-verb--0L-eg3S Disambiguation of Fire: 8 17 21 8 32 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 26 2 49 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 18 27 3 45 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 17 28 4 41 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative): 10 17 27 7 33 7 Disambiguation of 'to cook in a manner which causes sizzling': 2 95 3
  3. (intransitive) To be exciting or dazzling. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be exciting or dazzling): zinderen (Dutch), säkenöidä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sizzle-en-verb--CA3iXKA Disambiguation of 'to be exciting or dazzling': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sizzler

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
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          "roman": "shūshū iu oto",
          "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
          "word": "シューシューいう音"
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          "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
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      "sense": "to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
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      "sense": "to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
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      "sense": "to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skwierczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šipénije",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шипе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "škvarčánije",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шкварча́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "škvrčanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "word": "chirriar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "word": "cızırdama"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the sound of water hitting a hot surface",
      "word": "tiếng xèo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poprask"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement",
      "word": "säpinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement",
      "word": "grésiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chirrido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sizzle"
}

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