Hiss
verb
To make a sound like 'ssss', like a snake, kettle or steam escaping.
The kettle began to hiss as it approached boiling point.
Often appears as...
- hiss of steam
- hiss in anger
verb
To say something in a low, angry voice.
He hissed his reply, obviously annoyed.
Often appears as...
- hiss a reply
- hiss a warning
verb
To show dislike or disapproval by making a hissing sound.
The audience hissed as the villain entered the stage.
Often appears as...
- hiss disapproval
- hiss at someone
noun
A sound like 'ssss', made by a snake or steam escaping.
The only sound was the hiss of escaping air.
Often appears as...
- hiss of steam
- hiss of a snake
noun
A show of disapproval by making a hissing sound.
There was a loud hiss from the crowd when the decision was announced.
Often appears as...
- hiss of disapproval
- hiss from the crowd
verb
To make a sound like 'ssss', like a snake, kettle or steam escaping.
The kettle began to hiss as it approached boiling point.
Often appears as...
- hiss of steam
- hiss in anger
verb
To say something in a low, angry voice.
He hissed his reply, obviously annoyed.
Often appears as...
- hiss a reply
- hiss a warning
verb
To show dislike or disapproval by making a hissing sound.
The audience hissed as the villain entered the stage.
Often appears as...
- hiss disapproval
- hiss at someone
noun
A sound like 'ssss', made by a snake or steam escaping.
The only sound was the hiss of escaping air.
Often appears as...
- hiss of steam
- hiss of a snake
noun
A show of disapproval by making a hissing sound.
There was a loud hiss from the crowd when the decision was announced.
Often appears as...
- hiss of disapproval
- hiss from the crowd
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Pro Tip 1/2Imitative Sound
Use 'hiss' to imitate the actual sound made by animals or objects for vivid description.
The radiator hissed as the hot water flowed through it.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Atmosphere
'Hiss' often suggests annoyance or something unwelcome, like danger or discomfort.
I could hear the hiss of the snake hidden in the grass.
Pro Tip 1/2Imitative Sound
Use 'hiss' to imitate the actual sound made by animals or objects for vivid description.
The radiator hissed as the hot water flowed through it.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Atmosphere
'Hiss' often suggests annoyance or something unwelcome, like danger or discomfort.
I could hear the hiss of the snake hidden in the grass.
Pro Tip 1/2Imitative Sound
Use 'hiss' to imitate the actual sound made by animals or objects for vivid description.
The radiator hissed as the hot water flowed through it.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Atmosphere
'Hiss' often suggests annoyance or something unwelcome, like danger or discomfort.
I could hear the hiss of the snake hidden in the grass.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
had their little altercation early and the one honey that was there ran for its life it just tucked and ran as far as it could to try and get out of there I think that hyenas still running when it heard all the growling and hissing and kind of snarling that was going on and two lipids bear barreling down towards it and so just ran off and so no they
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Beverly + Dereck...
and jumped into somebody else's car, it might not turn out the same way -- she might get shot for that. So we knew we had to react quickly. And the only way we thought we could without scaring her is to try and simulate a growl like her mother would make -- a hiss and a sound.
Video examples
The secrets in volcanic...
world to look for the fastest magma on earth because the hope and all of this is that we could hear it coming magma doesn't move quietly it makes noises it makes little earthquakes just like the self your bottle when we crack it you can hear it hiss maybe the hist makes
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Tracking a Sidewinder...
he's striking there and hissing might well try it oh yes look at that trying to bite into the leather of my glove thankfully it's too tougher and to give these fangs into just alongside these chunks of grass you get a lot of very soft sand accumulating the wind blows in
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Rattlesnake vs. Rat PIPE...
rattlesnake live in the Western Hemisphere rattlesnakes are pit vipers so-called because of the heat sensing pits located on either side of their heads these helped the snakes locate prey even in the dead of night but they're even better known for the hiss
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Four sisters in Ancient...
full of barbers and prostitutes. Suddenly, all the men are leaving with Dad. It's the second hour and time for him to be in court with a sturdy audience of clients to applaud his rhetoric and hiss at his opponent. The house is now quieter.
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Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
many of you sang new piece of the most amazing sounds there are and all three of them making different sounds aren't they ting garner with his swing ton d with her growling and shall humble with her hissing and chuffing just gonna call
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
not really sure well sky I think if you're a human being and your mother I started to hiss and growl at you'd be deeply confusing and unsettling but of course this is normal with leopards is what they do and it's
Video examples
Rattlesnake vs. Rat PIPE...
so-called because of the heat sensing pits located on either side of their heads these helpless makes locate prey even in the dead of night but they're even better known for the hiss of their famous tails
Video examples
Yellowstone: World's...
you can't see here just underground lies one of the world's largest volcanoes it reveals itself at the surface in menacing ways with mud pots that belch toxic gas and fumaroles that hiss with
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
had their little altercation early and the one honey that was there ran for its life it just tucked and ran as far as it could to try and get out of there I think that hyenas still running when it heard all the growling and hissing and kind of snarling that was going on and two lipids bear barreling down towards it and so just ran off and so no they
Video examples
Beverly + Dereck...
and jumped into somebody else's car, it might not turn out the same way -- she might get shot for that. So we knew we had to react quickly. And the only way we thought we could without scaring her is to try and simulate a growl like her mother would make -- a hiss and a sound.
Video examples
The secrets in volcanic...
world to look for the fastest magma on earth because the hope and all of this is that we could hear it coming magma doesn't move quietly it makes noises it makes little earthquakes just like the self your bottle when we crack it you can hear it hiss maybe the hist makes
Video examples
Tracking a Sidewinder...
he's striking there and hissing might well try it oh yes look at that trying to bite into the leather of my glove thankfully it's too tougher and to give these fangs into just alongside these chunks of grass you get a lot of very soft sand accumulating the wind blows in
Video examples
Rattlesnake vs. Rat PIPE...
rattlesnake live in the Western Hemisphere rattlesnakes are pit vipers so-called because of the heat sensing pits located on either side of their heads these helped the snakes locate prey even in the dead of night but they're even better known for the hiss
Video examples
Four sisters in Ancient...
full of barbers and prostitutes. Suddenly, all the men are leaving with Dad. It's the second hour and time for him to be in court with a sturdy audience of clients to applaud his rhetoric and hiss at his opponent. The house is now quieter.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
many of you sang new piece of the most amazing sounds there are and all three of them making different sounds aren't they ting garner with his swing ton d with her growling and shall humble with her hissing and chuffing just gonna call
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
not really sure well sky I think if you're a human being and your mother I started to hiss and growl at you'd be deeply confusing and unsettling but of course this is normal with leopards is what they do and it's
Video examples
Rattlesnake vs. Rat PIPE...
so-called because of the heat sensing pits located on either side of their heads these helpless makes locate prey even in the dead of night but they're even better known for the hiss of their famous tails
Video examples
Yellowstone: World's...
you can't see here just underground lies one of the world's largest volcanoes it reveals itself at the surface in menacing ways with mud pots that belch toxic gas and fumaroles that hiss with
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Sean Booth
English Musician
It just comes down to taste at the end of the day, and that's something you can't really analyze. Yeah, I think to have it all there is basically best, regardless of whether there's hiss there as well.
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Neil Cavuto
American Journalist
The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.
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Dick Dale
American Musician
When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the wave is lipping up over the top of you, it makes this hissing sound.
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T Bone Burnett
American Musician
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
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James Dean
Actor
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Never boo or hiss at my rallies. That is for people with no hope.
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Maria Callas
Greek Musician
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
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Aesop
Greek Author
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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Philip James Bailey
English Poet
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
Quote examples
Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
My dad makes me hiss with laughter.
Quote examples
Sean Booth
English Musician
It just comes down to taste at the end of the day, and that's something you can't really analyze. Yeah, I think to have it all there is basically best, regardless of whether there's hiss there as well.
Quote examples
Neil Cavuto
American Journalist
The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.
Quote examples
Dick Dale
American Musician
When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the wave is lipping up over the top of you, it makes this hissing sound.
Quote examples
T Bone Burnett
American Musician
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
Quote examples
James Dean
Actor
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
Quote examples
Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Never boo or hiss at my rallies. That is for people with no hope.
Quote examples
Maria Callas
Greek Musician
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
Quote examples
Aesop
Greek Author
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Quote examples
Philip James Bailey
English Poet
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
Quote examples
Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
My dad makes me hiss with laughter.
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