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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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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