Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.

    As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.

    The poor cat hissed as it backed away from the approaching man.

    make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

  2. (transitive)To call someone by hissing.

  3. (intransitive, transitive)To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.

    The crowd booed and hissed her off the stage.

    express or utter with a hiss

  4. (transitive)To utter (something) with a hissing sound.

    move with a whooshing sound

  5. (intransitive)To move with a hissing sound.

    The arrow hissed through the air.

    zischen, fauchen

    шипе́тьšipétʹ

    шипітиšypity

  6. (transitive)To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.

  7. (transitive)To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. I heard a strange hissing sound.

  2. The snake hissed and bared its fangs.

  3. The hiss of rushing gas could be heard.

    deDas Geräusch ausströmenden Gases war zu hören. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom heard a hiss.

    ruТом услышал шипение. — Wezel

    deTom hörte es zischen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The cat hissed at Tom.

    ruКошка зашипела на Тома. — marafon

    deDie Katze fauchte Tom an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make a hissing sound:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a hissing sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make a hissing sound:

Origin

From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin (compare Arabic هَسْهَسَ (hash

From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin (compare Arabic هَسْهَسَ (hashasa)). Compare Middle Dutch hissen, hisschen (“to chase away, shoo”), Middle Low German hissen (“to chase, hound, incite”).

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Forms

hisses, hissing, hissed, hissed
Base formhiss · to hiss
3rd person singularhisses
Present participlehissing
Past simplehissed
Past participlehissed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhiss
he, she, ithisses

Past simpleLesson

all personshissed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hissed
he, she, ithas hissed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hiss

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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