hissing

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hissing

/ˈhɪsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪsɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of hiss Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.

adjective more hissing · most hissing

that produces or is accompanied with a hiss At all times when kissing and such like things are begun, the woman should give a reply with a hissing sound.

noun hissings

The sound of a hiss. The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.

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@misc{hissing_2026,
  title = {hissing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hissing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}