sizzle

To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat.

To seethe with anger or indignation.

To be very hot.

To be very popular, exciting, or interesting.

A hissing sound.

The appeal of or the excitement generated by a product or service.

A hissing or sputtering sound.

Extreme heat, as of a summer day.

To make a hissing or sputtering sound, as a liquid when effervescing or acted on directly by heat; make a sound as of frying.

To dry and shrivel up with hissing by the action of fire.