Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
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Sound of any kind.
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The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinc…
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To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.
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To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.
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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 make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.
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Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
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To make a hissing sound.
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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…
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of Hiss
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of Hush
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