0 to make a noise like a long s sound:
Why do snakes hiss?
The iron was hissing and spluttering.
People in the audience were hissing their disapproval.
"Shut up, Tom!" she hissed.
2 to make a noise like the sound of the letter "s"
The coronation scene, however, aroused hisses.
Meanwhile, the audience is hissing and booing and throwing things at the curtain.
All they did was to respond with applause when they agreed with a comment and with hissing when they did not.
If we stroke the cat one way it purrs; if we stroke it the other way it hisses.
Indeed, they were greeted with booing and hissing.
I remember a play being hissed off the stage because it was not considered decent.
At the moment, the feathers are still being plucked, but the hissing is getting considerably louder, even though it is perhaps falling on deaf ears.
I am worried about some of the rumours about people hissing behind their hands about this and that.
中文繁体
發嘶嘶聲, 發噓聲, 小聲且生氣地說…
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发嘶嘶声, 发嘘声, 悄声且生气地说…
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sisear, siseo [masculine]…
MorePortuguês
cochichar, falar com voz sibilante…
More日本語
シュー（シュッ）と音をたてる…
MoreTürk dili
tıslamak, tıs diye ses çıkarmak, ssss etmek…
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siffler, sifflet [masculine], grésillement [masculine]…
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xiular…
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