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- Dictionaryhiss/hɪs/
verb
- 1. make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s: "the escaping gas was hissing" Similar
noun
- 1. a sharp sibilant sound: "the spit and hiss of a cornered cat" Similar
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5 days ago · Hissing is involuntary and usually accompanied by an open mouth and bared teeth, and sometimes spitting. When a cat is hissing, it's best to give the animal some space.
4 days ago · Hiss; Plop; Beep; Tweet (in the non-Twitter sense) Crunch; Whippoorwill; Simile. A simile is a statement that one thing is like another. Usually, the two things will be related, or at least comparable in a literal way. The choice of whether to explain that link is up to the poet. Examples: Bread in France is like rice in Japan: eaten with most ...
6 days ago · Booing is an act of publicly showing displeasure for someone or something, such as an entertainer or an athlete, by loudly yelling "Boo!" and sustaining the "oo" sound by holding it out. People may also make hand signs such as the thumbs down sign.
1 day ago · Tinnitus is often described as ringing, but it may also sound like clicking, buzzing, hissing, or roaring. It may be soft or loud, low- or high-pitched, and may seem to come from either one or both ears, or from the head itself. It may be intermittent or continuous.
5 days ago · What's the English translation of hissing? See comprehensive translation options on Definitions.net!
2 days ago · The meaning of SWISH is to move, pass, swing, or whirl with the sound of a swish. How to use swish in a sentence.
1 day ago · McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1]
