Pronunciations (2)
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/sɪz/
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sɪz
Noun
Fizz, sizzle.
Usage- Archaic
- Rare
- Examples
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I heard the din of happy voices in the "big house" and the sizz and songs of boiling kettles in the kitchen.
More examples (1)
Horace: Book III, Ode 13 "O fons Bandusiae, splendidior vitro——" Worthy of flowers and syrups sweet, O fountain of Bandusian onyx, To-morrow shall a goatling's bleat Mix with the sizz of thy carbonics.
Verb
To fizz, sizzle.
Usage- Archaic
- Rare
Verb
express or utter with a hiss
make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval