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Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.

Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..

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

Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.

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

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

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

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

Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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