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

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

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

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

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

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

Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.

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

Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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