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[ verb ] make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
Used in print (Idwal Jones, "Santa Cruz Run"...)The hostler would have the table ready and a pot of coffee hissing on the stove ; then a porter from Manning 's Fish_House would trot in with a tray on his head . |
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[ noun ] a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
Synonyms Examples "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" |
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