hiss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hiss	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for hiss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hiss 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 a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Synonym(s): boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird v make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval [syn: hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate] move with a whooshing sound Synonym(s): hiss, whoosh express or utter with a hiss Synonym(s): hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate show displeasure, as after a performance or speech Synonym(s): boo, hiss Antonym(s): acclaim, applaud, clap, spat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Hiss[b8] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hiss \Hiss\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hissed}; 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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hiss to express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1 Kings 9:8). Zechariah (10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them." This expression may be "derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving, or from the sound naturally made to attract a person's attention."