hiss

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /hɪs/

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Noun

Singular hiss

Plural hisses

1. A hiss is a sound often made by snakes or leaking air.

   You can tell the cat is angry by its hissing.

Verb

Plain form hiss

Third-person singular hisses

Past tense hissed

Past participle hissed

Present participle hissing

1. If something hisses, it makes a hissing sound.

   The air hissed as it left the tire.

Related words and phrases

• hissy fit