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# sizzle

verb (sizzle, sizzles, sizzled, sizzling); noun (a sizzle)

«sizzle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make a hissing, spitting sound like food frying in hot fat: The sausages sizzled in the pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#m1)
2. (informal) To be very hot: a sizzling summer day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#m2)
3. (informal) To be exciting or full of energy: a sizzling performance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#m3)
4. (noun) The sound of sizzling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories and cooking, sizzle is a sound word (onomatopoeia) that helps readers hear the scene. In safety: hot oil that sizzles can spit and burn, so keep back. In weather talk, «a sizzling 35 degrees» means very hot. In marketing, «sizzle» means excitement. Phrases: «sizzling hot», «sizzle in the pan», «all sizzle and no steak» (all show, no substance).

### Examples

- The bacon sizzled in the frying pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x1)
- Stand back — the oil is sizzling! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x2)
- It was a sizzling hot day at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x3)
- I love the sizzle of sausages on a barbecue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x4)
- The dancers gave a sizzling show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x5)
- Water drops sizzled on the hot stove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x6)
- That advert is all sizzle and no steak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x7)
- In the middle of it, a pan full of oil sizzled over a smoky fire, sending out a repelling odor of tallow that took away one’s breath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: sizzled (drop the e). Onomatopoeia: the word sounds like its meaning. Adjective: sizzling.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sizzle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sizzle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sizzle.html) on Mova free.