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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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..

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..

Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..

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

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

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