hiss
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1.1
- noun
- /hɪs/
:
siseo
- For a moment, the soft hiss of the gas lamps is the only sound.
- boos and hisses
- background hiss
- hiss reduction
So we're getting a bit of a hiss as we are hopping the cap on this.
- So we're getting a bit of a hiss as we are hopping the cap on this.
- You know, there's all sorts of sounds, my voice, maybe the little tape hiss, whatever.
- And they came to find that there was a funny kind of hiss in this instrument, and it was coming from all over the sky.
- Their eyes were wide open and they hissed the indrawn hiss of, you know, suddenness.
- What is what is the hiss pitch, you know, for the capitalist manifesto?
- Men's names end with S because it's a hiss, not about a hiss at the end, but multiple syllables sometimes.
Examples
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I hear the balloon firing its air, a low hiss coming from the sky.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was a funny noise inside my head, like the hiss of an arc welder.
Fiction book (1992) -
You can actually hear the the hiss coming out of it.
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A hiss means it's close.
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We hear a sound, like the hiss of something being seared in a skillet.
Fiction book (1990) -
Through her breathing helmet, Lily could hear the slow hiss of liquid burning through plastine.
Fiction book (1990) -
The only sound is the hiss of tires, the rhythm of wheels, until Leonard V.O.
Fiction book (1990) -
An EKG beeps, a respirator hisses, and Brian gulps down something heavy in his throat.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the steam escaped from the kettle, I noticed a high-pitched hiss filling the kitchen.
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The hiss of the snake in the grass warned us to walk carefully.
Synonyms
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2.6
A long sharp s sound made by animals, objects, or people to show disapproval
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7.2
A soft 'sh' sound people make to tell others to be quiet or show dislike
A hissing sound someone makes when they speak
A sharp hissing sound in speech or recordings from s and sh sounds
Antonyms
How Disapproving
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hiss comes from copying the sharp 'sss' sound of air or a snake, so the word itself is just the noise it names. That is why a hiss is the short, sibilant sound people or animals make to show disapproval or fear.