hissing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hissing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hissing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hissing 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
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hissing \Hiss"ing\, n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses. 2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic] I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. --Jer. xix. 8.