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Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

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

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

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

Hissed :: Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of His.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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