sizzle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sizzling noise
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make a sound like frying fat
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Sense 3 verb
seethe with deep anger or resentment
She was sizzling with anger
Types & categories
- seethe hypernym
Sense 4 verb
burn or sear with a sizzling sound
The fat sizzled in the pan
Types & categories
- scorch hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | seethe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | scorch |