hissing

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/ˈhɪsɪŋ/

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

blinding, deep, possible, quiet, strange

VERB + HISSING

booing, heard, kept, like, making, reply, resumed, smoke

HISSING + NOUN

cat, malice, noise, ziri

PREP.

till, with, with

ADV.

only

Definitions

adj

that produces or is accompanied with a hiss

At all times when kissing and such like things are begun, the woman should give a reply with a hissing sound.

noun

The sound of a hiss.

The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapprova

hiss
hushing
fizzle
sibilation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

hissing hot

Very hot.

And in the height of this bath, when I was more than half stewed in grease, like a Dutch dish, to be thrown into the Thames, and cooled, glowing hot, in that surge, like a horse-sh

Example Bank

At all times when kissing and such like things are begun, the woman should give a reply with a hissing sound.

Wiktionary

The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.

Wiktionary

The television is making a hissing noise.

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He rushed up through the blinding smoke and hissing flames, till he reached the children.

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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

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The audience is booing and hissing.

Tatoeba · #6041898

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