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Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.

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

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

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

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

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 utter with a hissing sound.

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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