hiss

IPA: hˈɪs

A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.

(intransitive) To make a hissing sound.
(transitive) To call someone by hissing.
(transitive, intransitive) To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
(transitive) To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
(intransitive) To move with a hissing sound.
(transitive) To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
(transitive) To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.

Examples of "hiss" in Sentences

He growled and hissed at the agents.
In the comics, reptile speaks in the same hissing tone.
Unfortunately the tablet recorded a hiss from the mixer.
To hear the noise of serpent's hiss, that is thy harmony.
Then the sound changes to the hiss heard between stations.
The pneumatic shutters made a hiss with the escape of air.
There was a hissing sound of disapprobation above and below.
The hissing became more pronounced during the pacifist themes.
Then, all of a sudden, the radiator started clanging and hissing.
Other auroral sounds includes hissing, swishing, rustling and cracking.
They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire.
I'm used to the hissing sound of the machine for making frappes and espresso.
At that time the British Constable was responsible for law and order in hiss village.
They recorded directly to a stereo tape, so it wasn't like it was recorded to multi-tracks and then mixed onto another tape with a lot of hiss, which is why it was so clear.
In spite of my pretension of being the least susceptible regarding an author's vanity of all the writers in Paris, it is perfectly impossible to be indifferent to such a thing -- a hiss is a hiss.
Preston hit another hidden button and two large speakers lowered from the ceiling above the monitors; both hissed, but not from any electronic malfunction in their circuitry: The hiss was the sound of silence.