Sizzle: alternatives and connections

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and eve…

To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some perniciou…

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.

A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.

To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

To make a hissing sound.

To utter with a hissing sound.

With a hissing sound.

To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.

Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.

To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers.

A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Stell…

To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.

To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.