sibilant

IPA: sˈɪbʌɫʌnt

(phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Examples of "sibilant" in Sentences

He spoke in sibilant English mocking my clumsy Arabic.
They are low and insinuating, a kind of sibilant utterance:
S: The nineteenth letter of the alphabet, which is called a sibilant, because it makes a hissing sound like a goose.
Although an striking feature of Castilian Spanish and other variants of Spanish, respectively....have perserved the "sibilant" -s
A slight aspirate preceding and modifying the sibilant, which is, however, the stronger of the two consonants; _e.g. hsing_ = _hissing_ without the first _i_,
The Hebrew text suggests that the difference consisted in the different articulation of the "sibilant": although the conquered heard sh, they could produce only s.
If the point of the tongue be placed between the teeth, and air from the mouth be forced between them, the Th sibilant is produced, as in thigh, and should have a proper character, as [*].
P; and air from the mouth be forced between them; the W sibilant is produced, as pronounced by the Germans, and by some of the inferiour people of London, and ought to have an appropriated character as thus [*].