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Definitions and meaning of hiss

hiss

English

Etymology

From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle Dutch hissen, hisschen (“to chase away, shoo”), Middle Low German hissen (“to chase, hound, incite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

hiss (plural hisses)

1. A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
2. An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
   • 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder, 16 April, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, pp. 203-204,^[2]

     The Actors, in the midst of an innocent old Play, are often startled with unexpected Claps or Hisses; and do not know whether they have been talking like good Subjects, or have spoken Treason.

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Verb

hiss (third-person singular simple present hisses, present participle hissing, simple past and past participle hissed)

1. (intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.
   • 1797, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 7, in The Italian, volume II, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, page 236:

     The man came back, and said something in a lower voice, to which the other replied, “she sleeps,” or Ellena was deceived by the hissing consonants of some other words.
2. (transitive) To call someone by hissing.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
4. (transitive) To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
   • 2012, Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies, New York: Henry Holt, Part 2, “Master of Phantoms,”

     All day from the queen’s rooms, shouting, slamming doors, running feet: hissed conversations in undertones.

5. (intransitive) To move with a hissing sound.
6. (transitive) To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
7. (transitive) To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.

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See also

• hizz

Anagrams

• IHSS, Shis

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hisː]

Noun

hiss (definite accusative hissi, plural hisslər)

1. feeling, sensation

   Synonym: duyğu

Usage notes

The final double consonant in Azerbaijani nouns is usually reduced in the locative and ablative singular and plural; hiss and küll are exceptions to this rule, as they would otherwise be confused with his and kül (“Azərbaycan dilində hansı sözlərin yazılışının dəyişəcəyi açıqlanıb”, in Report.az‎^[16], 2018 January).

Declension

Derived terms

• hiss etmək (“to feel”)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

hiss

1. singular imperative of hissen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hissen

Middle English

Pronoun

hiss

1. alternative form of his (“his”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From h +‎ -iss.

Noun

hiss m (definite singular hissen, indefinite plural hissar, definite plural hissane)

1. (music) B-sharp

Swedish

Etymology

From hissa (“to hoist”). Attested since 1824.

Pronunciation

Noun

hiss c

1. an elevator, a lift

Declension

References

• hiss in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hiss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hiss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)