Definitions

1. verb

to crackle or make a faint hissing sound, typically when hot liquid is poured into a cold container.

“When I poured the hot coffee into the glass, it began to fissle.”

2. verb

to make a faint hissing sound.

“The pipes in the old house often fissle in the winter.”

3. verb

to produce a faint crackling or hissing sound, especially when a substance is being heated.

“The dry leaves fissle as they burn in the fireplace.”

4. noun

a faint hissing or crackling sound, typically made by hot liquid being poured into a cold container.

“The fissle of the coffee hitting the glass was quite loud.”