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v. i.
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
n.
A hissing and humming sound.
v. i.
To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.
n.
A hissing noise.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hiss
n.
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
n.
The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
a.
Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
v. t. & i.
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
n.
The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
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.
a.
Hissing; sibilant.
n.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.
v. i.
To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
n.
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. 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 is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
v. t.
To utter with a hissing sound.
imp. & p. p.
of Hiss
adv.
With a hissing sound.
v. t.
To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
v. i.
To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
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