'Hissing' definitions:
Definition of 'hissing'
From: WordNet
noun
A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation]
Definition of 'Hissing'
From: GCIDE
- Hiss \Hiss\ (h[i^]s). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hissed (h[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Hissing.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]
- 1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. [1913 Webster]
- The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. --Ezek. xxvii. 36. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew. [1913 Webster]
- Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hissing'
From: GCIDE
- Hissing \Hiss"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. --Jer. xix. 8. [1913 Webster]