Definition of hiss

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

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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..
Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..
Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..
Fizzle :: Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.
Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.
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..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing 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..
Whiz :: Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
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..
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..
Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..
Hizz :: Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.
Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
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 (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
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