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Meaning hiss meaning

What does hiss mean?
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hiss Noun

— A hiss is a sound often made by snakes or leaking air. You can tell the cat is angry by its hissing.

hiss Verb

— If something hisses, it makes a hissing sound. The air hissed as it left the tire.

hiss

— verb make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval — verb express or utter with a hiss — verb (= whoosh) move with a whooshing sound — noun (= hissing) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience — verb (= boo) show displeasure, as after a performance or speech — noun (= boo) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

Synonyms hiss synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as hiss?

hiss English » English

fizz sizzle whistle sibilate boo whiz hum hoot catcall sputter sizz siss fizzle drone whizz spit sibilation jeer grumble bird whoosh whisper swish snort rustle razzing razz raspberry hushing hissing growl complain buzz Bronx cheer zip by zip whizz along whistling whish whir whine valve noise tweet threat swosh streak sputtering splutter spitting speak

Topics hiss topics

What do people use hiss to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal sounds
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Person Body functions

Breathe, breath
Daily life Fire

What fires produce
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Cat
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move noisily

Conjugation hiss conjugation

How do you conjugate hiss?

hiss · verb

Examples hiss examples

How do I use hiss in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Mary's cat needs to hiss only once, to scare away the neighbours' dogs.

Movie subtitles

Let's say a hiss.
Very well, a hiss.
You didn't hiss?
A snake is known by its hiss.
Well I don't know whether that sign was meant to be a. a signal for applause or to hiss me. but, I hereby publicly empower the examining magistrate to address his entire intentions out loud.
Let him say. - Hiss now or a clap now whatever he wants.
Must you hiss my name from all corners?
Then I heard the word he was desperately trying to say, a soft hiss of a word.
Listen. you'll hear it hiss when it touches the water.
When it hits the water, you can hear it hiss.
Yes, I do, so long as he doesn't hiss at me.
Let your skates bite and hiss.
Hiss off.
Draw a bead on that HISS and blow it to kingdom come.
And the future of our families, the young men who one day want to be called the pride of England, it's not that they would hiss and boo that harlot, no, they applaud her!
Would you be so kind, Professor, as to place a blue orange in the centre of the accelerator, so that the Director can hear the atomiser hiss?
Tell me. What is the next stop, uh, Sir Hiss?
Now, look here. One more. One more hiss out of you.
Hiss. And you are walking to Nottingham.
Hiss! Oh, you've hissed your last hiss.
Do you hear that, Hiss?
Hiss! You're never around when I need you.
Hiss, this is a red-letter day.
Hiss, no one sits higher than the king.
Must I remind you, Hiss?
Hiss, you deliberately dodged.
And what now Trisha? No more hiss, hiss.
Not just some background hiss but a methodical series of pulses.
Listen, can't you hear it hiss?
Hiss, suck.hiss, suck. I wanted to kill her.
After exposing Alger Hiss. Honorary Grand Marshal Richard Nixon. goes after another deadly hiss.
Not a sound apart from tape hiss.
Nothing's wrong with me. -You boo me? You hiss?

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