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

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

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

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

Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.

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

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

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..

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..

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 note of a goose when irritated.

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

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

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

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..

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..

Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..

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..

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

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