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Siss   Listen
verb
Siss  v. i.  To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger. (Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Siss" Quotes from Famous Books



... to do now but wait. Quonab sat placidly smoking, Rolf was sewing a rent in his coat, the storm hissed, and the wind-driven ice needles rattled through the trees to vary the crackle of the fire with a "siss" as they fell on the embers. The low monotony of sound was lulling in its evenness, when a faint crunch of a foot on the snow was heard. Rolf reached for his gun, the fir tree screen was shaken ...
— Rolf In The Woods • Ernest Thompson Seton



Words linked to "Siss" :   let out, utter, emit, sibilate, let loose, verbalize, sizz, talk, mouth



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