Associations to the word «Sizzling»

Wiktionary

SIZZLING, verb. Present participle of sizzle
SIZZLING, adjective. Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
SIZZLING, adjective. (of food in a Chinese restaurant etc) Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
SIZZLING, adjective. Exciting and intensely emotional.
SIZZLING, noun. Such a hissing sound.

Dictionary definition

SIZZLING, adjective. Hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather".
SIZZLING, adjective. Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats