zizzle

Verb

zizzle (third-person singular simple present zizzles, present participle zizzling, simple past and past participle zizzled)

1. Synonym of sizzle.
   • Water ran slap across the roadway from the hillsides and every few seconds the scene jumped into light and was gone again as the lightning zizzled through the clouds above.1950, Rodney L. de B. Walkerley, Motoring Abroad, page 152
   • The fuse was lit and zizzling away; champagne, skyrockets, pinwheels and finally The Great Whiz-Bang; my back arched, my hands twisted around her soft silken hair.2001, Gene Gach, Honestly!, page 136

   Synonyms:

   sizzle