| NOUN | event | hissing, hiss, hushing, fizzle, sibilation | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) |
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| Sounds | hhih'sihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval). | |
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| Example | "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" | |
| Synonyms | hiss, hushing, fizzle, sibilation | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | rechifla, silbido, siseo | |
| Catalan | xiulada, xiuxiueig | |
| Verbs | hiss | make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval |
| hiss | express or utter with a hiss | |
| hiss | show displeasure, as after a performance or speech | |
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