sibilation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sibilation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sibilation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sibilation n a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" Synonym(s): hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound Synonym(s): sibilation, assibilation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sibilation \Sib`i*la"tion\, n. [L. sibilatio.] Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. --Tennyson.