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Meanings of hiss in English

Portuguese
silvo
Catalan
xiulada

A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

silvo
Portuguese
assobiar
Catalan
xiuxiuejar

Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval.

assobiar
Portuguese
vaiar

Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech.

vaiar

A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.

Usage of hiss in English
1
Something in the soft hiss of the words made the Ranger turn.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
2
The manager was heard to hiss from the shelter of the wings:
Frank Merriwell's Races
3
A great hiss momentarily drowned out the thunder of the horses' hooves.
Stonewielder
4
The sound track picked up the crash and hiss of the breakers.
Greylorn
5
Snarg let him know it was a bad idea with a hiss.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
6
The noise had always been there, a background hiss-patter-splash of falling water.
Dark rivers of the heart
7
The groans of the sufferers mingled with the hiss of escaping ketchup.
Ma Pettengill
8
Shaking involuntarily, Buttons moved quickly ahead, ignoring the warning hiss of Cross-eye.
The adventures of button
9
He could hear the hiss of compressed air from somewhere behind him.
The Cylons’ Secret
10
Only it wasn't power that would hiss up out of the steam.
Dragonshadow
11
The screeches become words that hiss and whistle and puff and roar.
A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
12
Shannon could hear the deconstructing literature crackle and hiss behind the subtext.
Spellwright
13
Nor did he hear the hiss that bubbled up from the depths.
The Tarn of Eternity
14
Her answer came, swift and fierce as the hiss of a snake:
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
15
He heard a yell, and then a sound like a long hiss.
True blue
16
Maeve let out a sudden hiss of anger, the sound eerily loud.
Summer knight
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Hiss through the time
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common
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