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SIZZLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sizzling noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sizzle" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn or sear with a sizzling sound

Example:

The fat sizzled in the pan

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sizzle" is one way to...):

scorch; sear (make very hot and dry)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a sound like frying fat

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sizzle" is one way to...):

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Seethe with deep anger or resentment

Example:

She was sizzling with anger

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "sizzle" is one way to...):

boil; seethe (be in an agitated emotional state)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

The animal was not mere than fifty feet away, and instantly into the man's mind leaped the vision and the savor of a caribou steak sizzling and frying over a fire.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)