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

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

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

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..

Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..

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

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

Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..

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..

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

Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..

Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

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

Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..

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

Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.

Whiz :: Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.

Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.

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..

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