Definition of hiss

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Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..

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Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.
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..
Sibilant :: Sibilant (a.) Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds..
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..
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.
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 note of a goose when irritated.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..
Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..
Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
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..
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..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..
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