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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.

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

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

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