Usage examples (20)

• 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.
• One felt the tiny four-inch shell spatter against the conning tower armor, and the pieces ‘sizz’ over it.
• 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...