Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of hiss is as below...

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

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

Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..

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

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..

Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.

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 (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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Random Fonts

Most Popular