The meaning of SIZZLE is to burn up or sear with or as if with a hissing sound. How to use sizzle in a sentence.

SIZZLE definition: to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning. See examples of sizzle used in a sentence.

Jun 20, 2025 · sizzle (countable and uncountable, plural sizzles) (countable) The sound of water boiling on a hot surface.

(uncountable) Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement. Her performance had a lot of sizzle.

Once added, they begin to sizzle (the cumin) and unfurl (the cinnamon stick) and release their essence into the oil.

This busy week in the impeachment investigations is coming to a close with a sizzle.

1. A hissing sound. 2. The appeal of or the excitement generated by a product or service: an advertising campaign that captured the sizzle of the new technology.

Definition of sizzle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

v.i. to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning. Informal Terms to be very hot: It's sizzling out. Informal Terms to be very angry; harbor deep resentment: I'm still sizzling over that insult. v.t. to fry …

When things sizzle, they make a sound like the hissing and popping you hear when you fry food in fat. Drop pieces of bacon in a hot pan and they'll sizzle.