(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
(v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
(v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any sound resembling that above described
(n.) The noise made by a serpent.
(n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
(n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is the sound of engines hissing and crackling, which have been mixed to seem as near to the ear as the camera was to the cars; there is a mostly unnoticeable rustle of leaves in the trees; periodically, so faintly that almost no one would register it consciously, there is the sound of a car rolling through an intersection a block or two over, off camera; a dog barks somewhere far away.
(2) When Trump described her father as a “tremendous champion of supporting families”, there were boos and hisses.
(3) Even if we have to wait in line for a hissing coffee machine.
(4) Feline affective defense behavior, characterized mainly by autonomic arousal, ear retraction, growling, hissing and paw striking, was elicited by electrical stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH).
(5) Ragged-red fibers with abnormal mitochondria, cerebral spongiosis mostly involving white matter, perimacular pigmentary retinopathy and scattered myocardial fibrosis interrupting the Hiss'bundle were found.
(6) Mutants that require histidine due to an altered structural gene for the histidyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase (hisS) have been isolated by a general selection for histidine-requiring strains in which the mutation producing histidine auxotrophy is unlinked to the histidine operon.
(7) If that happens, Osborne will get the blame as the hissing becomes deafening.
(8) Other factors hiss their message more perniciously.
(9) Sure, the season’s story, which focuses on Vanessa Ives’s struggle to decode the “memoirs of the devil” and fight a hissing viper pit of Lucifer’s witches, may be pure pulp burlesque, but that’s just the first layer of Penny Dreadful’s charm.
(10) Supporters of the Tunisian national football team whistle and hiss at the French national anthem before the match.
(11) Hissing and directed attack were selected for threshold determination.
(12) The earphones were with Eva, 11, who was listening to the soundtrack of Glee at a loud enough level to produce that particularly annoying mixture of hiss and thud.
(13) For the 30 years I have followed Spurs to away games – in pubs, around tube stations, on the streets around the ground and within Stamford Bridge itself, the venom, ignorance and breathtaking casualness of Chelsea fans’ references to Jews, Auschwitz, the Holocaust and foreskins, often accompanied by a hissing simulation of gas chambers, is simply shocking – not least because it goes unchallenged by police, stewards or the club itself, bar a token reference furtively hidden away in the match-day programme.
(14) Most tourists satisfy themselves with a quick drive around the crater rim, stopping for photos at the viewing points, but if you really want to smell the sulphur, feel the heat of the lava and hear the hissing of the steam vents, a bike tour is perfect.
(15) Arthur had a hapless sidekick, Chester Drawers, who he’d humiliate roundly in front of an audience, then come off stage and double down on by hissing something like: “I’ve seen a monkey take a pie better than that!” Will May’s government soon be forced to undergo an emergency Borisectomy?
(16) The injection of the D1-selective antagonist SCH 23390 (0.3 nmol), however, did not inhibit apomorphine-induced facilitation of hissing.
(17) The somatic and autonomic displays which accompanied defensive behavior were similar between stimuli, consisting of mydriasis, piloerection, growling, hissing and paw strikes.
(18) (“He took the cork out and spilled a little on the wooden plank of the pier; it hissed like steam.”) Only later in the last century did the crime begin to be associated with the developing rather than the developed rather than the developed world, as a function of male oppression and feudalism, rather than the green-eyed cruelty of richer societies.
(19) That said, as we make our way up the stairs he lets out a hiss of air.
(20) Air hissed out, leading to normalisation of arterial and venous pressures.
Sizzling
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sizzle
() a. & n. from Sizzle.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is what we imagined: the becalmed beauty of the Whitsunday Passage, that spectacular collection of islands protectively nestled inside the Great Barrier Reef, safe from prevailing winds; bright blue languid days gliding over turquoise waters, taking turns at the tiller in our togs; finding our own private cove as the sun goes down; diving into warm pristine waters; the tinkling of intimate laughter; the fizz of champagne and the sizzle of prawns on the barbie.
(2) I savour the smell of the food stalls as I ride down Whitecross Street market at about 11am, inhaling successive wafts of roasting steak, baking flatbreads, frying onions, toasting cumin seeds, sizzling bacon, curries and chillies and pickles and melting cheese.
(3) Fat sizzles, flour sifts, and delicious smells waft around.
(4) Photograph: Victoria and Albert Museum, London Of course it may have been that by the time he agreed to be interviewed by middle-of-the-road me he had begun to lose his cultural sizzle.
(5) Tom Watson used his media talents to get his weak-tea “Momentum are secret plotting plotters” stuff onto the news cycle for a couple of days, and that turned out to be all sizzle and no steak.
(6) The food, Korean, is cheap (starters less than a fiver; mains under £8) and very good: bibimbap, of course, also crisp fried mandu (dumplings) with homemade soy; tangy blanched and pickled veg; sizzling marinated beef; fat pork belly with garlic, kimchi and spicy doenjang sauce.
(7) Sorry if I did that.” That hoopla created a sizzling atmosphere in which players needed to stay cool.
(8) The Glory is co-owned and run by the Bert and Ernie of drag, Jonny Woo and John Sizzle.
(9) Temperatures are set to reach sizzling highs across large parts of the UK again on Wednesday with a high of 30C (86F) expected in the south of England and possibly 28C (82F) in Scotland.
(10) The Sun had an exclusive kiss-and-tell story from one of his former girlfriends, who told readers of their passionate affair and focused on a night when “sizzling Seb” had allegedly drunk far too much at the Athletics Writers’ Association’s annual dinner.
(11) Melt the rest of the lard in the pan and turn the heat up until the fat is sizzling.
(12) After joining West Brom, Foster announced his plan to build his own barbecue hut adjacent to his house, which would serve as a sanctuary in which he could kick back and sizzle flesh.
(13) 5 Fill a wok a third full with oil, heat until a breadcrumb sizzles and turns golden within 30 seconds, then fry the dumplings in batches until golden.
(14) With sizzling temperatures claiming more than 300 lives this month in India , officials have banned daytime cooking in some parts of the drought-stricken country in a bid to prevent accidental fires that have killed nearly 80 more people.
(15) "Things are sizzling," he said, adding that he was fearful the situation could get out of control if police and other agencies did not step in to reassure the community.
(16) Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies - Podcast Read more The two men stood with their arms crossed and heads cocked at the same angle, reviewing a scene in which a sound cue they had designed had gone awry.
(17) In September 1984, Sebastian Coe became “sizzling Seb” for two days.
(18) The comet at first seemed to have fallen apart as it approached the sun's sizzling surface, but new images showed a streak of light that some said could indicate it wasn't game over just yet.
(19) Looking at his website , I don't think Tuesday's seafood risotto, Wednesday's sizzling chicken fajitas or Saturday's mojito fruit salad would quite "weigh up".
(20) Bang goes my sizzling one-liner about the long-term risks of Nato's strategy.