Definition of hiss

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Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..

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Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..
Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..
Whiz :: Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.
Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.
Sibilatory :: Sibilatory (a.) Hissing; sibilant.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..
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..
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form..
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..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..
Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..
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