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Hiss meaning
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative. | An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
Example sentences (20)
In 1949, former State Department official and accused spy Alger Hiss went on trial in New York, charged with perjury (the jury deadlocked, but Hiss was convicted in a second trial).
The hiss it produces is noticeable though not overwhelming.
The next major case on HUAC’s docket was the one involving Chambers and Hiss.
This means that parrots will replicate the growls of zombies, or the hiss of creepers, leaving players on edge if their parrot is nearby.
When threatened, it will open its mouth and hiss, showing off its pearly whites, but will never attack.
Do you loudly hiss, boo, and tell everyone they’re going for a dump?
Here, what would typically be the silent moments before a scare are interrupted by the gentle hiss of a gas lamp.
That half-century of tape hiss and YouTube rips will end in March with a vinyl release on the boutique soundtrack label Waxwork Records.
The rapper teased the track in an Instagram live shortly after Megan released her song “HISS” on Friday, which features a line that many interpreted to be a dig at Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty.
Wallnau speaks with Drew Hiss, Ziklag’s executive director, about the group’s goals for political engagement.
A green sea of zucchinis hiss on the hot plate as hip hop beats fill the room.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A loud hiss and grunt come from a green bag pressing air through a tube, as Senegalese researchers work to develop a prototype ventilator that could cost a mere $160 each instead of tens of thousands of dollars.
Everything MacGowan says, incidentally, is subtitled — not because of a thick accent, but because of his druggy, garbled drawl, punctuated by a wheezy hiss of a laugh.
Harford Rd., not Hartford Rd. Even though the inital call was for Harford Rd. and Hiss Ave., this actually occurred at Harford and Acton Rds.
Is it a hiss or a buzz?
It serves as an "intro hiss," designed to accompany the titles graphics and also setting up for the presence of white noise hissing throughout the remainder of the theme.
I was touring with Hiss Golden Messenger and that’s when I started feeling like I wanna make a really artful, quiet solo record.
Lighting is sparse, corners are dark and the pipes that line the walls of every corridor drip and hiss at every turn.
The hiss as the systems starts; then the droplets fly, flowing down the streets to pool in wasteful places.
There's a faint hiss usually associated with noise canceling and it's barely noticeable with the AirPods Max.