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sibilate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sibilate  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sibilate 
  v  1:  pronounce  with  an  initial  sibilant 
  2:  utter  a  sibilant 
  3:  express  or  utter  with  a  hiss  [syn:  {hiss},  {sizz},  {siss}] 
  4:  make  a  sharp  hissing  sound,  as  if  to  show  disapproval  [syn: 
  {hiss},  {siss},  {sizz}] 




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