SIZZLE

I. verb (~d; sizzling) Etymology: perhaps frequentative of siss to hiss Date: 1603 transitive verb to burn up or sear with or as if with a hissing sound, intransitive verb to make a hissing sound in or as if in burning or frying, to seethe with deep anger or resentment, II. noun Date: circa 1823 a hissing sound (as of something frying over a fire), pizzazz , excitement