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hisses

/ˈhɪsɪz/

hisses is the plural of hiss.

hisses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hiss.

Meaning of hiss

Noun

hiss (plural hisses)

  1. A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
    • Their music frightful as the serpent’s hiss,
      And boding screech-owls make the concert full!1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
    • […] in open disputations ye haue bene openly conuict, ye haue bene openly driuen out of the schole with hisses […]1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book V, Part 2, The Oration of Byshop Brookes in closing...

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Words that rhyme with hisses

Questions about hisses

What is hisses the plural of?
Hisses is the plural of hiss.
How do you pronounce hisses?
Hisses is pronounced /ˈhɪsɪz/.

Words near hisses in the dictionary

  1. hissed
  2. hisself
  3. hissen
  4. hisser
  5. hissers
  6. hisses
  7. hisseth
  8. Hissian
  9. Hissians
  10. hissie
  11. hissie fit

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