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Sizzling

adjective

Hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound. "A sizzling spell of weather"

Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement. Synonym: red-hot. "Sizzling political issues"

Sizzle

verb

(past & past part. sizzled; pres. part. sizzling)

Make a sound like frying fat.

Seethe with deep anger or resentment.

Burn or sear with a sizzling sound.

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"Sizzling" Quotes from Famous Books

... cause, but it was understood later that a crisis was narrowly averted at a very inopportune season, for the heads of the departments were all away, the President was at his summer home in the North, and even some of the under-secretaries were out of town. Hasty messages had been sizzling over the wires in cipher and code ...

— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve

... distance from the foot to the crest of the knoll Fracasse's men have gone in face of the hot, sizzling tornado of bullets, when there is a blast of explosions in their faces with all the chaotic and irresistible force of a volcanic eruption. Not only are they in the midst of the first lot of the Browns' ...

— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer

... scraggly, but they were trees just the same, affording shelter from wind and cold, and fuel for a fire, which the travelers built, providing themselves once more with warm food and coffee as sizzling hot as they could stand it. The animals found a little solace for their hunger by chewing on the tenderest parts ...

— The Great Sioux Trail - A Story of Mountain and Plain • Joseph Altsheler

... the coffee began to throw out the most tantalizing odor, and the sizzling bacon added its quota to the aroma, the boys felt they could hardly ...

— The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point - or The Golden Cup Mystery • Quincy Allen

... days. And so, with fuel at hand, Abel quickly had a cozy fire blazing in his fireplace and Mrs. Abel, laughing and enjoying the novel experience of cooking in a boat, had some tea brewing and some bear's steaks sizzling in the ...

— Bobby of the Labrador • Dillon Wallace

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