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Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..

Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..

S :: S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

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..

Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..

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.) The note of a goose when irritated.

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..

Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..

Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.

Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.

Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.

Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.

Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..

Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.

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..

Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew..

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.

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