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hiss

verb

  1. = whistle, wheeze, rasp, whiz, whirr, sibilate • The air hissed out of the pipe.
  2. =  jeer, mock, ridicule, deride, decry, revile • The delegates booed and hissed him.

noun

  1. =  fizz, buzz, hissing, fizzing, sibilance, sibilation • the hiss of a beer bottle opening

'hiss' in Other Languages

  • British English: hiss To hiss means to make a sound like a long 's'. VERBThe tyres of his bike hissed over the wet pavement as he slowed down.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sibilar
  • Chinese: 发嘶嘶声发發嘶嘶声聲
  • European Spanish: silbar
  • French: siffler
  • German: zischen
  • Italian: sibilare
  • Japanese: シューという音を出す
  • Korean: 쉬이 하는 소리를 내다
  • Portuguese: sibilar
  • Spanish: silbar

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