Hiss

  • 61hiss — Synonyms and related words: Bronx cheer, aphonia, artificial voice, assibilate, assibilation, bark, bawl, bellow, bird, blare, blat, blubber, boil, boil over, boo, booing, boom, bray, breathe, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice, bubble,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 62hiss — see hos …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 63hiss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sibilation, fizz, sizzle; spit. v. sibilate, fizz, sizzle; condemn. See disapprobation, disrespect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. buzz, sibilance, hissing, whisper; see noise 1 . v. 1. [To make a hissing… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 64hiss — hɪs n. sss sound, noise which sounds like escaping steam v. make a hissing sound; express disapproval or derision by making a hissing sound …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 65hiss v — excess baggage, miss v, hysterical adj, history n …

    English expressions

  • 66hiss — verb make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s, often as a sign of disapproval or derision. ↘whisper something in an urgent or angry way. noun a hissing sound. ↘electrical interference at audio frequencies. Origin ME: imitative …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 67hiss — I. n. Sibilation, hissing. II. v. n. 1. Sibilate. 2. Whiz, shrill, whistle, whir. III. v. a. Condemn by hisses, scout, ridicule, damn …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 68Hiss — [[t]hɪs[/t]] n. big Alger, 1904–96, U.S. public official, accused of espionage 1948 and imprisoned for perjury 1950–54 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 69Hiss — F/A/V Asperity Noise. Noise caused by minute imperfections in the recording medium (tape). (Sound) PP Noise caused by imperfections in the recording medium …

    Audio and video glossary

  • 70hiss — TV Primary background signal interference in audio recording, result of circuit noise from a playback recorder s amplifiers or from a tape s residual magnetism …

    Audio and video glossary