Hissing

Hiss (h

s), Alger 1904-1996.

American public official. Accused of espionage at the height of the Communist scare, he was convicted of perjury (1950) in a controversial case.

hiss (h

1. A sharp sibilant sound similar to a sustained s.

2. An expression of disapproval, contempt, or dissatisfaction conveyed by use of this sound.

v. hissed, hiss·ing, hiss·es

v.intr.

To make a hiss: The audience booed and hissed. The teakettle hissed on the stove.

v.tr.

1. To utter with a hiss:

2. To express (a negative view or reaction) by uttering a hiss: The audience hissed its displeasure.

[Middle English hissen, to hiss, of imitative origin.]

hisser n.

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Noun

hissing - a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"

fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation

noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"

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At that moment (it was seventeen minutes past one in the morning) Lieutenant Bronsfield was preparing to leave the watch and return to his cabin, when his attention was attracted by a distant hissing noise.

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

" he cried, "see what you have been hissing," and held up a little pig whose ear he had been pinching to make him utter the squeals.

Fables by Aesop View in context

Worms of the riper grave unhid By any kindly coffin lid, Obscene and shameless to the light, Seethe in insatiate appetite, Through putrid offal; while above The hissing blow-fly seeks his love, Whose offspring, supping where they supt, Consume corruption twice corrupt.

Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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