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a hissing sound, as of food frying or cooking (Two hours later I heard the sizzle of food being cooked. • From over the noise of hammering and the sizzle of molten metal striking water, he heard a faint answering call. • The noise in the kitchen was almost deafening, filled with the shouts of cooks, the clatter of pans, the hissing sizzle of some food deep-frying. • Be sure to admire the crown of mussels, and listen for the sizzle before digging in. • One last stir over maximum heat to restore the sizzle and the meat was ready to turn straight onto heated plates. • She goes into the kitchen and I hear the sizzle of ham competing with the murmur of talk from the other room where I've already heard a fellow praying, leading prayer. • Quickly he smoked it until it was just a butt, which he tossed into the toilet bowl where it extinguished with a sizzle. • First there was a sizzle, and then, when the batter had succumbed to the intense heat from the gas flame below, only a few intermittent whistles escaped along with wisps of fragrant vapor. • There was a sizzle as Jack poured the batter onto the griddle. • Heat on top of the stove to a good sizzle, season well and sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. • Ashwood instinctively tossed the cigarette to the ground ignoring the sizzle as it landed in a puddle at his feet. • Long summer nights can be vastly improved by the addition of a slow sizzle and clouds of aromatic smoke, no matter what the neighbours might think.  lexico.com) |
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a state or quality of great excitement or passion (It would be a waste not to cast him in roles requiring some sexual sizzle. • It's just amazing that a station wagon can pack so much sizzle and excitement in its look and stance. • She is known for stories with strong visual narratives, interesting secondary characters, accurate historical detail and love scenes with lots of sizzle. • They may not be glamorous or have a lot of sizzle, but they work. • A good issue, but this is not a magazine with a lot of sizzle and budget so it can't help but feel like a beefed up fanzine at times. • In a place dominated by Olympic-sized egos, he was always one of the quiet ones, a guy without much sizzle, the kind of guy most of us in the news media usually ignored. • A famous scene between them intercuts their developing romance with fireworks and is pure sizzle. • But what good reporting lacks in sizzle is made up for in authenticity. • Why not put some extra sizzle into this season's holiday? • Lisa's vivacity and sense of humour help put sizzle into this segment. • Because I saw it piece by piece, it lost some of its sizzle, but I still thought it was a good movie. • It is short on sizzle, but generous with the steak. • For all its sizzle, it has, after twelve years, been unable to become much more than a rich man's diversion. • Plasma TVs dazzled us last year, but they've lost their sizzle. • The problem was, like every other guy she'd dated in the past fifteen years, there'd been no sizzle between them. • I can promise members that there is no sizzle about this bill. • One way to add some sizzle to your products is to tie them to a trend - even when it's based on a product that's not your own. • His speed and fresh legs will bring some much-needed sizzle to the offense. • A way of adding extra sizzle without increasing credit risk is to invest in local currency issues. • Yes, the team can run the ball, but there isn't much sizzle in the passing game. • We live in an age of sizzle over substance, of hyping everything to the point of utter annoyance. lexico.com) |
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make a hissing sound when frying or cooking (of food: The bacon began to sizzle in the pan. • By the time my dad woke up and walked into the kitchen I had a frying pan with bacon and sausage sizzling on one ring of the range, and another with four eggs frying. • We can smell bacon and beans sizzling on an open fire next to a chuck wagon. • The grapes sizzled, sputtered, and melted into syrup, basting and braising the sausages in their bubbling juices. • The showers have paused and the sun brushes the patio as the steaks and sausages sizzle on the grill. • The mushrooms sizzled invitingly as Kathryn tucked into a garlic-soaked slice of Italian bread. • If the butter sizzles loudly and melts and bubbles quickly, the pan is ready. • The bap was delivered to our table with the bacon still sizzling from the pan. • Bacon is sizzling in the pan, scrabbled eggs are on and the champagne is ready to be uncorked. • Heat until the butter sizzles and is the colour of hazelnuts. • Bacon is sizzling in the pan, and toast pops up from the toaster. • The weather was good as the steaks sizzled away on the giant barbeque grills along side baked jacket potatoes. • And I promise there is no finer aroma than breakfast bacon and eggs sizzling contentedly in a pan as you take the first, fresh look at the day over England's finest countryside or seascapes. • This dish consisted of cubes of fresh tuna almost sizzling in a tangy sauce of tomatoes, red and green peppers, onions, garlic and potatoes, with a hint of wine to give it added zest. • Large sausages sizzled in a covered tray, and at the end of the line was a stack of hot buttered toast. • He has never eaten meat (or anything connected to it) his entire life. I asked him if he gets hungry when he smells hamburger or steak sizzling, and he said no. • He carries on conversations with everybody, tools in hand, one eye always on the manly meats sizzling under his command. • The brownish mush in the pan was beginning to sizzle. • There was a pad of sausage and bacon, sizzling on an open grill, setting off the smell of sweet scented pork. • We hear sizzling and other happy sounds emanating from the kitchen. • Cast iron pots and pans steamed and sizzled on the wood-fired stovetop. lexico.com) |
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be very hot (We sizzled in blazing sunshine this week. • Yesterday's sizzling temperatures look set to continue for at least the next few days, with forecasters predicting highs of 90F in many Yorkshire cities today and tomorrow. • Saturday's sizzling temperature - 43°C in Lismore - made conditions difficult. • Dave Strachan is one of 22 forecasters at the Met Office in Stockport behind the predictions of blue skies and sizzling temperatures. • Well, seething, sizzling and scorching, soaring temperatures are causing another day of misery across much of the country. • It's summer down here at the moment & it's sizzling hot! • Could bubbles be the way to go when it's sizzling outdoors? • As youngsters, they can even handle the heat of California's sizzling San Bernardino and Imperial valleys. lexico.com) |
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be very exciting or passionate (They simply sizzle as their affair develops • Now can I just say that if you are getting down with it on a regular basis and the passion is sizzling, then you can't really be having a problem in your marriage then can you? lexico.com) |
