Definitions for HISS
hɪshiss

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilationnoun

   a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

   "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"

2. boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, birdverb

   a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

3. hiss, siss, sizz, sibilateverb

   make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

4. hiss, whooshverb

   move with a whooshing sound

5. hiss, sizz, siss, sibilateverb

   express or utter with a hiss

6. boo, hissverb

   show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hissnoun

   A sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.

2. hissnoun

   An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.

3. hissverb

   To make a hissing sound.

   As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.

4. Etymology: Onomatopoeic

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hissnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The voice of a serpent, and of some other animals.2. Censure; expression of contempt used in theatres.

   He heard
   On all sides, from innumerable tongues,
   A dismal universal hiss, the sound
   Of publick scorn! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   Fierce champion fortitude, that knows no fears
   Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

2. To Hissverb

   Etymology: hiscean, Saxon.

   1. To condemn by hissing; to explode.

   Every one will hiss him out to his disgrace. Ecclus. xxii. 1.

   Men shall pursue with merited disgrace;
   Hiss, clap their hands, and from his country chase. George Sandys.

   She would so shamefully fail in the last act, that, instead of a plaudite, she would deserve to be hissed off the stage. More.

   I have seen many successions of men, who have shot themselves into the world, some bolting out upon the stage with vast applause, and others hissed off, and quitting it with disgrace. Dryden.

   Will you venture your all upon a cause, which would be hissed out of all the courts as ridiculous? Jeremy Collier, on Duelling.

   2. To procure hisses or disgrace.

   Thy mother plays, and I
   Play too; but so disgrac’d a part, whose issue
   Will hiss me to my grave. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   What’s the newest grief?
   —— That of an hour’s age doth hiss the speaker,
   Each minute teems a new one. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

3. To Hissverb

   To utter a noise like that of a serpent and some other animals. It is remarkable, that this word cannot be pronounced without making the noise which it signifies.

   Etymology: hissen, Dutch.

   In the height of this bath to be thrown into the Thames, and cool’d glowing hot, in that surge, like a horseshoe; think of that; hissing hot. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   The merchants shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36.

   See the furies arise:
   See the snakes that they rear,
   How they hiss in their hair. John Dryden, Alexander’s Feast.

   Against the steed he threw
   His forceful spear, which, hissing as it flew,
   Pierc’d through the yielding planks. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hiss

   A hiss is a sound that resembles or suggests prolonged 's' sound, typically made as an expression of scorn, disapproval, or as a form of communication by various animals. It can also refer to the noise made by pressure being released from a gas, like air escaping from a small opening.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Hissverb

   to make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval

2. Hissverb

   to make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew

3. Hissverb

   to condemn or express contempt for by hissing

4. Hissverb

   to utter with a hissing sound

5. Hissnoun

   a prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt

6. Hissnoun

   any sound resembling that above described

7. Hissnoun

   the noise made by a serpent

8. Hissnoun

   the note of a goose when irritated

9. Hissnoun

   the noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove

10. Etymology: [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hiss

   his, v.i. to make a sibilant sound like that of the letter s, as the goose, serpent, &c.: to express contempt, &c., by hissing.—v.t. to condemn by hissing.—n. the sound of the letter s, an expression of disapprobation, contempt, &c.—n. Hiss′ing, the noise of a hiss: object of hissing: object or occasion of contempt. [Imit.]

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1. HISS

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HISS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hiss is ranked #54418 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hiss surname appeared 379 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hiss.
   
   90.5% or 343 total occurrences were White.
   3.6% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.6% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Condemn
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Anagrams for HISS »

1. sish

How to pronounce HISS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say HISS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HISS in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HISS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of HISS in a Sentence

1. Bette Davis:

   There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

2. Steve Bannon:

   Today in modern pop culture, you know they call Ted Cruz the Joe McCarthy -- if you want to think of who devils are it's Ronald Reagan and those who name-names at the House Un-American Activities, the Hollywood Ten are heroes right? alger Hiss is a hero, right? Richard Nixon's a villain? Joe McCarthy is a villain. Your book makes very plain that these guys were right. The place was infested with either traitors that were on the direct payroll of Soviet military intelligence or fellow-travelers who were kind of compliant in helping these guys get along. I mean, there's absolutely no question of it. How has pop culture so changed it that white is black and black is white?

3. Aesop:

   Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.

4. James Dean:

   I’d rather have people hiss than yawn.

5. Chinese Proverb:

   Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HISS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hiss
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=HISS
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HISS
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=HISS
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html