sizz

IPA: sˈɪz

Examples of "sizz" in Sentences

The fire crackled and danced, and something sizz-z-zled!
One felt the tiny four-inch shell spatter against the conning tower armor, and the pieces ‘sizz’ over it.
The fuse begins to "sizz" and sputter and a spiral of smoke, like that from a smouldering fag, rises from it.
Some of the fuses issued in those days would burn down in a second or two, while others would "sizz" for a week before exploding.
I tried ever 'way to git him out -- even took up a coal o' fire an 'poked it under at him; but he thess laughed at that an' helt his apple agin 'it an' made it sizz.
For some time, he had speculated that putting the tailpiece to a rattlesnake inside the instrument would work a vast improvement on the sound, would give it a sizz and knell like no other.
And she swung the lash over me -- never laid it on, but made it sizz -- whistle -- till I'd duck and sniffle; and she did exactly what she pleased without caring a damn whether I liked it or not!
When that fuse begins to smoke and "sizz" you want to say good-bye to it as soon as possible, so Tommy with all his might chucks it over the top and crouches against the parapet, waiting for the explosion.