Definitions for: Hissing

[n] a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
[adj] like a sustained `s'; "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: hiss, noisy, sibilation

See Also: noise

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