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siss

siss noun: a hissing noise.

Noun

siss (plural sisses)

  1. (colloquial) A hissing noise.

Verb

siss (third-person singular simple present sisses, present participle sissing, simple past and past participle sissed)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To make a hissing sound.
    • a flat-iron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger

Forms of siss

Noun
pluralsisses
Verb
third-person singular presentsisses
present participlesissing
past participlesissed
pastsissed

Origin of siss

From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.

Words formed from siss

Questions about siss

What does siss mean?
Siss means a hissing noise.
What part of speech is siss?
Siss can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of siss?
The plural of siss is sisses.

Words near siss in the dictionary

  1. sisoroid
  2. sisoroids
  3. Sisquoc
  4. sisRNA
  5. sisRNAs
  6. siss
  7. Sissach
  8. sissed
  9. Sissel
  10. sisserou
  11. sisserous

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