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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hiss \Hiss\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hissed}; p. pr & vb n. {Hissing}.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin?; cf LG hissen, OD hisschen.] 1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. --Ezek. xxvii. 36. 2. To make a similar noise by any means to pass with a sibilant sound; as the arrow hissed as it flew. Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hissing \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hissing adj : like a sustained `s'; "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes" n : a fricative sound uttered as an expression of dislike or contempt; "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: {hiss}]
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