Definition of hiss

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Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..

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Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Sibilate :: Sibilate (v. t. & i.) To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation..
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..
Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..
Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..
Whiz :: Whiz (v. i.) To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound..
Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.
Onomatopoeia :: Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire..
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