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Definition of fissle in English: fissleverb ˈfɪs(ə)l [no object]Irish, Scottish Make a rustling sound. straw fissled in the darkness with object people who fissle sweet wrappers at the intense moments of a film Example sentencesExamples - The lady to my left is fissling her sandwiches open and munching away noisily.
- The banner fissled and slapped on the roof.
- The sweet munchers and chatterers were out in force, loudly fissling their way through the evening.
- He heard a fissling noise beneath him and wondered what it was.
- I heard the almost inaudible fissling that told of visitors round the fire.
- There are few things more aggravating on a perfectly quiet hill than the noise of one's own legs, encased in synthetic fibres, fissling like crisp packets.
Origin Early 18th century: imitative of the sound (compare with fizzle). |