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

Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 (n.) A hissing noise.

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

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

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

Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.

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

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

Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

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..

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.

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