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Siss

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hissing noise. colloquial
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a hissing sound. colloquial, intransitive

    "a flat-iron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger"

  2. 2
    make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval wordnet
  3. 3
    express or utter with a hiss wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.

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