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

Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..

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

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

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

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..

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.

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.) The noise made by a serpent.

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

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

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

Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..

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

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

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

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

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

Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..

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