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Meanings of sizzling in English

Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement.

Related terms

Cantonese cooking technique.

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Usage of sizzling in English
1
The fish they'd filleted earlier were sizzling in a yet another pan.
Servant of a dark god
2
Under the clanking I could hear food sizzling in a frying pan.
One for the money
3
The sizzling started as soon as it made contact with his skin.
Blood Rights
4
The boat made a sizzling sound as she went through the water.
A Set of Six
5
And then, with a final sizzling hiss, the moat fires went out.
The Sorceress
6
An ocean rolled lazily in, the waves bronzed, sizzling across the sand.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
7
She did not talk lasciviously about dripping cream or sizzling chorizo sausages.
The Guardian
8
I could hear a faint sizzling-someoneoutside trying to unseal the door.
Brigands of the Moon
9
I'll just stake you while you're laying on the ground and sizzling.
Monster Hunter International
10
Stanhope seemed to be fairly sizzling with a new and novel energy.
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
11
Ko on Saturday shot a sizzling seven under par 65 third round.
Radio NZ
12
Molten metal rained down, sizzling as it hit the cargo bay floor.
The Cole Protocol
13
Her hands seemed reassuringly solid, but her temperament was sizzling toward hysteria.
In the night room: a novel
14
She moved beside him and peered into the pan, which was sizzling.
Happiness key
15
I'd have been willing to burn myself to have seen him sizzling.
The World for Sale, Volume 3.
16
Fry the bacon in a hot skillet pan until sizzling and golden.
The Irish Times
About this term
Sizzling through the time
Sizzling across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common