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Meanings of hiss in inglês

português
silvo
catalão
xiulada

A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

        silvo
        português
        assobiar
        catalão
        xiuxiuejar

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

              assobiar
              português
              vaiar

              Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech.

                    vaiar

                    A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.

                        Usage of hiss in inglês
                        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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                        Translations for hiss
                        Hiss through the time
                        Hiss across language varieties
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        Ireland
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