hissing

Speech parts

1. hissing - Noun

2. hissing - Verb

Meaning

of Hiss

The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.

The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell. Philip James Bailey

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love. Suzanne Collins

Boom! That's the house, right there, Robert. That's house I'm doing a B&E (breaking and entering)." He looked to me and he said: [shakes head and makes hissing noise through nose. Moment of silence.] "I don't know what that means, but I'm doing it. Dane Cook

Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me. Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love. Suzanne Collins

If you can bear the hissing of a snake, don't complain when you are bitten. African Proverb

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