Sizzler (disambiguation)
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Sizzler may refer to:
Fashion
Business and commerce
Entertainment
Toys and games
Technology
Fiction
People
Fashion
- A micro-mini dress with matching panties popular in the 1970's usually made of polyester
Business and commerce
- SizzlerSizzlerSizzler is a United States-based restaurant chain with headquarters in Culver City, California. The chain serves steak, seafood, and salad , as well as similar items.-History:...
, a restaurant chain - Sizzler, the optional tripler (for non-jackpot prizes) in the lottery game Hot LottoHot LottoHot Lotto is administered by the U.S.' Multi-State Lottery Association , which also operates the Powerball game. Hot Lotto is available in some of the 33 MUSL jurisdictions; Maine is the latest to join, in October 2009. The first drawing was on April 10, 2002 as part of MUSL celebrating the 10th...
(known as "Triple Sizzler" in North DakotaNorth Dakota LotteryThe North Dakota Lottery is run by the government of North Dakota. The Lottery began in 2004. It is unique among US lotteries in that it is allowed only to offer multi-jurisdictional games, i.e., North Dakota-only games cannot be sold. As a result, all of its games are part of the Multi-State...
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Entertainment
- Various Midwestern basketball teams in the CBAContinental Basketball AssociationThe Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...
- The Sizzler, a fast-paced celebrity gossip segment on the show Best Week EverBest Week EverBest Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009...
. - the Sizzler and Deluxe Sizzler Amusement RidesSizzler (ride)The Sizzler is an off-the-shelf amusement park ride. Concerns have been raised about its safety, as the ride has been involved in at least five fatalities since 1997.-External links:* at Wisdom Rides...
- In music, an accessory attached to a conventional cymbal to give the effect of a sizzle cymbalSizzle cymbalA sizzle cymbal is a cymbal to which rivets, chains or other rattles have been added to modify the sound, attached either by means of holes bored in the cymbal or by means of an attachment known as a sizzler....
- The award given to a game rated from 90-95% in the 1980s C64 gaming magazine ZZAP!64Zzap!64Zzap!64 was a computer games magazine covering games on the Commodore International series of computers, especially the Commodore 64 . It was published in the UK by Newsfield Publications Ltd and later by Europress Impact....
Toys and games
- MattelMattelMattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...
Hot WheelsHot WheelsHot Wheels is a brand of die cast toy car, introduced by American toymaker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until 1996, when Mattel acquired rights to the Matchbox brand from Tyco.-Models:...
and Johnny LightningJohnny LightningJohnny Lightning is a brand of model cars originally produced by Topper Toys, similar to the hugely successful Mattel Hot Wheels die cast racing cars. They were not quite as successful, one major reason was that the styling, casting and finish was not as of high quality as Mattel's Hot Wheels...
Sizzler rechargeable electric model automobiles - A magnetic toy.
- A laser gun from the game AquanoxAquaNoxAquaNox is a series of submarine-based shooter/simulation games set in the distant future. The collection includes AquaNox, AquaNox 2: Revelation and AquaNox: The Angel's Tears...
Technology
- The supersonic 3M-54E variant of the Russian 3M-54 Klub3M-54 KlubThe Russian 3M-54 Klub is a multi-role missile system developed by the Novator Design Bureau. Its NATO reporting name is SS-N-27. Both submarine and surface ship launched versions exist. The system is designed to accept various warheads, allowing its use against surface and subsurface naval...
multi-role missile system.
Fiction
- A character from the British television series BrooksideBrooksideBrookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
People
- George SislerGeorge SislerGeorge Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
, (1893 – 1973), American baseball player nicknamed "The Sizzler"