Hiss \Hiss\, v. t. 1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. --Shak.
Malcolm. What is the newest grief? Ros. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker. --Shak.
2. To utter with a hissing sound.
The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise. --Tennyson.
Hiss \Hiss\, n. 1. 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.
``Hiss'' implies audible friction of breath consonants. --H. Sweet.
A dismal, universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn. --Milton.
2. Any sound resembling that above described; as: (a) The noise made by a serpent.
But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue. --Milton. (b) The note of a goose when irritated. (c) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
Hiss \Hiss\ (h[i^]s). v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hissed} (h[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hissing}.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.] 1. 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.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. --Ezek. xxvii. 36.
2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth.
There, in the din of baying dogs and mewling cats, one can occasionally hear a hiss, screech or roar more common to the wilds of the Amazon or deepest Africa.
I heard a big hiss, then I seen a cloud.
It divides the concert hall space into octaves in the range of 20Hz to 20KHz. Pink noise - made by a sound generator and reminiscent of the hiss of compression brakes - is generated through the speakers.
Most of them have already done it more than once. You conclude: 'Whatever Mr Clarke does, the geese will hiss.
Two cheers and one hiss for the pensions White Paper.
They stuff their hands in their pockets, sway back and forth on their feet, and hiss their s's like tornadoes sweeping the prairie.
Actually, barn owls don't give a hoot _ they make a loud hiss, and sometimes a clicking sound.