What does HISS mean?
Definitions for HISS
hɪshiss
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, birdverb
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
hiss, siss, sizz, sibilateverb
make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
hiss, whooshverb
move with a whooshing sound
hiss, sizz, siss, sibilateverb
express or utter with a hiss
boo, hissverb
show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
Wiktionary
hissnoun
A sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.
hissnoun
An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.
hissverb
To make a hissing sound.
As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
Etymology: Onomatopoeic
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hissnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
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.To Hissverb
Etymology: hiscean, Saxon.
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.
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.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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
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
Hissverb
to make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew
Hissverb
to condemn or express contempt for by hissing
Hissverb
to utter with a hissing sound
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
Hissnoun
any sound resembling that above described
Hissnoun
the noise made by a serpent
Hissnoun
the note of a goose when irritated
Hissnoun
the noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove
Etymology: [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
Anagrams for HISS »
sish
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HISS in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HISS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of HISS in a Sentence
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?
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.
I’d rather have people hiss than yawn.
Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
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- syčet, syčení, sykotCzech
- hvæseDanish
- zischen, fauchenGerman
- sibliEsperanto
- siseo, sisearSpanish
- شگفت انگیزPersian
- sihinä, sihistä, epäsuosion osoittaminenFinnish
- sifflerFrench
- ֆշշալArmenian
- hvæsa, hvissaIcelandic
- fischiare, soffio, sibilare, soffiare, sibiloItalian
- シッJapanese
- sibilo, strīdōLatin
- ihi, hihīMāori
- hveseNorwegian
- syczeć, syczeniePolish
- sibilar, sibiloPortuguese
- șuiera, sâsâitRomanian
- шипеть, шипениеRussian
- väsningSwedish
- బుస, బుస కొట్టుTelugu
- tıslamaTurkish
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