noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Fizz, sizzle. archaic, rare

   "I heard the din of happy voices in the "big house" and the sizz and songs of boiling kettles in the kitchen."

Verb

1. 1
   To fizz, sizzle. archaic, rare
2. 2
   make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval wordnet
3. 3
   express or utter with a hiss wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

buzzeffervesceeffervescencefizzfizzlehiss

Example

More examples

"I heard the din of happy voices in the "big house" and the sizz and songs of boiling kettles in the kitchen."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

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