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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.

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

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Whiz :: Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.

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

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

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

Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.

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

Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..

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

Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.

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