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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Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..
Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.
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..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
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.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Sibilatory :: Sibilatory (a.) Hissing; sibilant.
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
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.
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..
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
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