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hissing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation |
| Type of | noise |
| Derivation | hiss |
the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience.
Examples of hissing
hissing
She began sticking her tongue out like a snake and hissing and rolling her eyes.
From the latimes.com
Test audiences didn't agree, complaining of lingering smells and hissing noises.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The white noise hissing in your ears further dulls your already deprived senses.
From the newscientist.com
Right now it's a hissing cauldron of green mush that smells like lawn clippings.
From the sacbee.com
The ball crosses the net hissing and spitting like some enraged tropical insect.
From the time.com
Did you hear all the people hissing and catcalling at Prince Emanuele Filiberto?
From the en.wikipedia.org
There was a great hissing sound from the sea and the sea seemed to be caving in.
From the edition.cnn.com
His claws were out and he was growling and hissing, which I'd never seen him do.
From the time.com
Hissing and buzzing they clear a space and I slide the little plastic box free.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
- Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
- Boo: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- Move with a whooshing sound
- Express or utter with a hiss
- Boo: show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
- Electromagnetic hiss is a naturally occurring Extremely Low Frequency/Very Low Frequency electromagnetic wave (i.e., 300 Hz - 10 kHz) that is generated in the plasma of either the Earth's ionosphere or magnetosphere. ...
- The H.I.S.S. is a fictional vehicle from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series.
- The Hiss was a five piece rock band from Atlanta, Georgia.
