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sibilating

sibilating is the present participle and gerund of sibilate.

Meaning of sibilate

Verb

sibilate (third-person singular simple present sibilates, present participle sibilating, simple past and past participle sibilated)

  1. To hiss.
  2. To speak with a hissing sound.

Noun

sibilating (uncountable)

  1. A hissing sound

Questions about sibilating

What does sibilating mean?
Sibilating means a hissing sound.
What is sibilating the present participle and gerund of?
Sibilating is the present participle and gerund of sibilate.
What part of speech is sibilating?
Sibilating is a noun.

Words near sibilating in the dictionary

  1. sibilantly
  2. sibilants
  3. sibilate
  4. sibilated
  5. sibilates
  6. sibilating
  7. sibilation
  8. sibilations
  9. sibilator
  10. sibilators
  11. sibilatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sibilating (page history and authors); sibilate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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