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

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 (n.) A hissing noise.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Onomatopoeia :: Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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