hissing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɪsɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪsɪŋ
Verb
hissing
- present participle of hiss
Noun
hissing (plural hissings)
- The sound of a hiss.
- 1875, John Lothrop Motley, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld Advocate of Holland
- The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.
- 1875, John Lothrop Motley, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld Advocate of Holland