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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..

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..

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove..

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

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

Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew..

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

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

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