Meaning of SIBILATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sibu`leyt
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- [v] make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
- [v] express or utter with a hiss
- [v] utter a sibilant
- [v] pronounce with an initial sibilant
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| | Synonyms: | | hiss, siss, sizz |
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| | See Also: | | articulate, assibilate, emit, enounce, enunciate, let loose, let out, mouth, pronounce, say, sound out, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
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| | Definition: | | \Sib"i*late\, v. t. & i.
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s;
to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
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