Definition of hiss

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

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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..
Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..
Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
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..
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.
Whiz :: Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.
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..
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..
Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..
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..
Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
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..
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