Definition of hiss

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

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Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
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..
Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
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. i.) To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew..
Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing 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..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
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..
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