Definition of hiss

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Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.

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Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
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..
Sibilant :: Sibilant (a.) Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds..
Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.
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..
Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
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..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
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..
Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..
Piping :: Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.
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