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sizzling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sizzling \Siz"zling\, a. & n. from {Sizzle}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sizzle \Siz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sizzled}; p. pr & vb n. {Sizzling}.] [See {Siss}.] To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up with a hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] --Forby. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sizzling adj 1: hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather" 2: characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues" [syn: {red-hot}] 3: intensely stirred up especially by anger or resentment; "he is boiling with anger"; "still sizzling over the insult" [syn: {boiling}]
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