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hizz

hizz verb: to hiss.

Verb

hizz (third-person singular simple present hizzes, present participle hizzing, simple past and past participle hizzed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To hiss.
    • To have a thousand with red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em!c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6
    • The Wheels and Horses Hoofs hizzd as they past them ore.1656, Abraham Cowley, The Ecstasy

Forms of hizz

third-person singular presenthizzes
present participlehizzing
past participlehizzed
pasthizzed

Words that rhyme with hizz

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Questions about hizz

What does hizz mean?
Hizz means to hiss.
What part of speech is hizz?
Hizz is a verb.
What is the past tense of hizz?
The past tense of hizz is hizzed.

Words near hizz in the dictionary

  1. Hizer
  2. Hizers
  3. hiziki
  4. hizouse
  5. hizouses
  6. hizz
  7. hizzed
  8. hizzes
  9. hizzie
  10. hizzies
  11. hizzing

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