Sekirov Dictionary

hiss

/hɪs/

verb 7
noun 2
forms 4
phrases 1

verb7

•
To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.
- As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
- The poor cat hissed as it backed away from the approaching man.
•
To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
- the long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise […] — 1855
•
To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.
- "Are you quite sure of it," she hissed into his ear, "Mr Fang, Junior?" — 1881
•
To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
- The crowd booed and hissed her off the stage.
•
To move with a hissing sound.
- The arrow hissed through the air.
•
To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
- The man in white pyjamas hissed soda into his glass. — 1938
•
To call someone by hissing.
- I stepped out of my tent in Marrakech one night to get a bar of candy and caught your dose of clap when that Wac I never even saw before hissed me into the bushes. — 1961

noun2

•
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
- Their music frightful as the serpent’s hiss, And boding screech-owls make the concert full! — 1591
•
An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
- […] in open disputations ye haue bene openly conuict, ye haue bene openly driuen out of the schole with hisses […] — 1563

forms

hissed · hissing · hisses · hisseth

Phrases with hiss

hiss-and-tell
Disclosing private information in a hostile manner.

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