sizzle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sizzle/ˈsɪzl/

▶verb

• 1 (of food) make a hissing sound when frying or roasting.

• 2 informal be very hot.

• 3 informal be very exciting or passionate, especially sexually.

▶noun an instance or the sound of sizzling.

– derivatives
sizzler noun,
sizzling adjective.

– origin C17: imitative.