About The Word Hissing

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Hissing

Hissing Meaning & Definition
Hissing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hissing?

[n] a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
[adj] like a sustained `s'; "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hissing: hiss | noisy | sibilation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hissing: assibilation | banter | bantering | birdies | blooping | blurping | boo | booing | Bronx cheer | buzz | catcall | catcalling | chaffing | derision | derisive | derisory | distortion | effervescence | effervescent | effervescing | feedback | fizz | fizzle | fizzling | fleering | flippancy | flippant | flutter | fluttering | fooling | frication | frictional rustling | grinning | hiss | hoot | hooting | howling | hum | hush | hushing | jeering | joshing | kidding | leering | levity | lisp | mockery | mocking | motorboating | panning | quizzical | ragging | railing | raillery | rallying | raspberry | razz | razzing | rhonchus | ridicule | ridiculing | roasting | rumble | scoffing | scratching | shredding | shush | shushing | sibilance | sibilant | sibilation | siffle | sigmatism | siss | sissing | sizz | sizzle | sizzling | smart | smart-aleckiness | smart-alecky | smart-ass | smartness | smirking | sneering | sneeze | sneezing | snickering | sniff | sniffing | sniffle | sniffling | sniggering | snore | snoring | snort | snorting | snuff | snuffle | snuffling | spit | splutter | sputter | squash | squeals | squelch | squish | static | sternutation | stertor | swish | taunting | teasing | the bird | twitting | wheeze | wheezing | wheezy | whish | whistle | whistles | whistling | white noise | whiz | whoosh | woomping | wow | wowwows | zip

See Also | noise

Hissing In Webster's Dictionary

\Hiss"ing\, n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses. 2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic] I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. --Jer. xix. 8.

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