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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Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with 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..
Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
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..
Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.
Sibilatory :: Sibilatory (a.) Hissing; sibilant.
Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
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..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make 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..
Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
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