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[ his-ing ] / ˈhɪs ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hissing ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of emitting a hiss. the sound of a hiss. Archaic. an occasion or object of scorn. Origin of hissingMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at hiss, -ing1 Words nearby hissinghispidulous, hiss, Hiss, Alger, Hissarlik, hisself, hissing, His's line, hissy, hissy fit, hist, Histadrut Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hissingCLAIRE: (hissing) Have you ever considered, even for a second, that what I do matters too? Frank Underwood Will Not Tolerate Insubordination in This Olive Garden|Kelly Williams Brown|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST They make all kinds of calls and noises as we pass: slurps, hissing, barking, and even machine-gun sounds. Egypt’s Sexual Harassment Epidemic|Sophia Jones, Erin Banco|June 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST With the pincers he picked up a bit of hot iron and dropped it hissing into the pail, which he pushed beneath the tent. The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various Seizing me in her arms she was about to do so, when the crackling and hissing flames burst forth around us. Won from the Waves|W.H.G. Kingston
Then, with a hissing plunge, it disappeared beneath the turbid flood of the great river. It grew, and its hissing, crackling length reached upward to a fine-drawn point that touched the opening above. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931|Various As soon as the hissing stops, remove the work from the water or brine and plunge in oil for complete cooling. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting|Harold P. Manly
Words related to hissingspit, whisper, jeer, hoot, whistle, seethe, boo, wheeze, shout down, whirr, blow, revile, sibilate, disapprove, deride, decry, whiz, mock, rasp, damn |