To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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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.
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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
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To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
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To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…
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Gone.
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The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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Sound of any kind.
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A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.
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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
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To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…
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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
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To labor; to travail.
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Outer.
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To convert into a verb; to verbify.
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The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
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To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
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of Hiss
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Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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To make a hissing sound.
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of Hiss
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To cry out or shout in contempt.
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The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.
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To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
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Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
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To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.
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To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.
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