To make a hissing, sputtering sound, such as a burning fuse, or gas bubbles escaping from a liquid.

1. To make a hissing sound.
2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.

To fry something until its curls and becomes crisp.

1. To express or utter with a hiss; SYN. sizz, siss, sibilate.
2. To make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval; SYN. siss, sizz, sibilate.
3. To move with a whooshing sound; SYN. whoosh.

1. To burn or sear with a sizzling sound
2. To make a sound like frying fat.
3. To seethe with deep anger or resentment

1. To hum, whir, or hiss like a speeding object (as an arrow or ball) passing through air
2. To fly or move swiftly especially with a whiz
3. To cause to whiz; especially; to rotate very rapidly

To make a soft swishing sound, as of a motor working or wings flapping; SYN. whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr.

A sibilant quality or sound