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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Sibilatory :: Sibilatory (a.) Hissing; sibilant.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..
Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..
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..
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..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..
Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..
Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
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 (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
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..
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..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
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