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Definition of hiss

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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..

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

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

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

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

Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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