See Also: hiss(medicine)
hiss(1)(dictionary)
hiss(2)(dictionary)
hiss(dictionary)
Hiss' stain(medicine)
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Hiss, Alger(dictionary)

hiss(1) (iou)



hiss noun. E16.
[from the verb.]
A sharp sibilant sound (as of s); spec. such a sound made to express disapproval or derision. E16.
B. Bainbridge The murmurings of their voices and the hiss of the gas fire merged. M. Meyer His first production there had been repeatedly interrupted by boos, hisses and cries.
Phonetics. A sibilant. L19.