Sizzle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Forby.