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

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

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

Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..

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

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 noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..

Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

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 (n.) The noise made by a serpent.

Sibilant :: Sibilant (a.) Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds..

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

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

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..

Sibilatory :: Sibilatory (a.) Hissing; sibilant.

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

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

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.

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

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

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