Meaning of HISSING
| Pronunciation: | | 'hising
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- [n] a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
- [adj] like a sustained `s'; "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes"
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| | Synonyms: | | hiss, noisy, sibilation |
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| | See Also: | | noise | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hiss"ing\, n.
1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and
derision. [Archaic]
I will make this city desolate, and a hissing.
--Jer. xix. 8.
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| | Related Terms: | | assibilation, banter, bantering, birdies, blooping, blurping, boo, booing, Bronx cheer, buzz, catcall, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, distortion, effervescence, effervescent, effervescing, feedback, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleering, flippancy, flippant, flutter, fluttering, fooling, frication, frictional rustling, grinning, hiss, hoot, hooting, howling, hum, hush, hushing, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, lisp, mockery, mocking, motorboating, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, raspberry, razz, razzing, rhonchus, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, rumble, scoffing, scratching, shredding, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilant, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, sneeze, sneezing, snickering, sniff, sniffing, sniffle, sniffling, sniggering, snore, snoring, snort, snorting, snuff, snuffle, snuffling, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squeals, squelch, squish, static, sternutation, stertor, swish, taunting, teasing, the bird, twitting, wheeze, wheezing, wheezy, whish, whistle, whistles, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, woomping, wow, wowwows, zip |
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