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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) 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

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

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

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..

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

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 (n.) The noise made by a serpent.

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

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..

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

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