Hiss

//hɪs//

Synonyms for "hiss" (196 found)

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Noun(3 words)
birdboobronx cheer
Verb(1 words)
boo

Strong matches (58)

Verb(2 words)
fizzfizzle

Related words (98)

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Related terms

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derived

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manner of

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Translations

138 translations across 45 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • συρίζω verb (to make a hissing sound)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَزِيز noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • فَحِيح noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • فَحَّ verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • هَسَّ verb (to make a hissing sound)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ֆշշալ verb (to make a hissing sound)

Bangi

1 entries
  • loseba noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • освиркване noun (expression of disapproval)
  • съскане noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • съскам verb (to make a hissing sound)

Catalan

4 entries
  • xiulada noun (expression of disapproval)
  • xiuxiueig noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • bufar verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • rebufar verb (to make a hissing sound)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 嘶 noun (expression of disapproval)
  • 噝 /咝 noun (expression of disapproval)
  • 嘯 /啸 verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • 嘶 verb (to make a hissing sound)

Czech

4 entries
  • sykot noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sykot noun (expression of disapproval)
  • syčení noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • syčení noun (expression of disapproval)

Danish

2 entries
  • hvæse noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • hvæse verb (to make a hissing sound)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gesis noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • gesis noun (expression of disapproval)
  • sis noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sis noun (expression of disapproval)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • siblo noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sibli verb (to make a hissing sound)

Finnish

4 entries
  • sihinä noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sähinä noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sähinä noun (expression of disapproval)
  • sihistä verb (to make a hissing sound)

French

3 entries
  • sifflement noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • siffler noun (expression of disapproval)
  • siffler verb (to make a hissing sound)

Galician

4 entries
  • silvo noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • asubiar verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • bisbar verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • bufar verb (to make a hissing sound)

German

4 entries
  • Fauchen noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • Fauchen noun (expression of disapproval)
  • Knurren noun (expression of disapproval)
  • Zischen noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • נשיפה noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • שריקה noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • sziszegés noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • abcúgol verb (to condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing)
  • csendre int verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • fütyül verb (to make a hissing sound)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hvissa verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • hvæsa verb (to make a hissing sound)

Ido

2 entries
  • siso noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sisar verb (to make a hissing sound)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • sihissä verb (to make a hissing sound)

Irish

2 entries
  • siosóg noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sios verb (to make a hissing sound)

Italian

4 entries
  • sibilo noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • soffio noun (expression of disapproval)
  • fischiare verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • sibilare verb (to make a hissing sound)

Japanese

2 entries
  • シッという verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • シッと音を立てる verb (to make a hissing sound)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • iwis noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Latin

3 entries
  • sībilus noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sibilo verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • strīdō verb (to make a hissing sound)

Lingala

1 entries
  • loseba noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Malay

2 entries
  • desis noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • mendesis verb (to make a hissing sound)

Mongo

1 entries
  • loseba noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Mpade

1 entries
  • swe verb (to make a hissing sound)

Māori

4 entries
  • hihī verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • ihi verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • ihi verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • whakahihī verb (to make a hissing sound)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • hvese noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • hvese verb (to make a hissing sound)

Polish

2 entries
  • syczenie noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • syczeć verb (to make a hissing sound)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • sibilo noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • silvo noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • sibilar verb (to make a hissing sound)
  • silvar verb (to make a hissing sound)

Romanian

2 entries
  • sâsâit noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • șuiera verb (to make a hissing sound)

Russian

3 entries
  • шипе́ние noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • шипе́ние noun (expression of disapproval)
  • шипе́ть verb (to make a hissing sound)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • affutari verb (to make a hissing sound)

Slovak

3 entries
  • sipenie noun (expression of disapproval)
  • syčanie noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • syčať verb (to make a hissing sound)

Spanish

3 entries
  • siseo noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • siseo noun (expression of disapproval)
  • sisear verb (to make a hissing sound)

Swedish

2 entries
  • väsning noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • fräsa verb (to make a hissing sound)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • higishis noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • ngishis noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • humigishis verb (to make a hissing sound)

Tamil

2 entries
  • சீறு noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • சீறு verb (to make a hissing sound)

Telugu

3 entries
  • బుస noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • బుస noun (expression of disapproval)
  • బుసకొట్టు verb (to make a hissing sound)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སིད་སྒྲ noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tıslamak verb (to make a hissing sound)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • шипіння noun (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)
  • шипіти verb (to make a hissing sound)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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There was a hiss of steam.

Source: tatoeba (806926)

Mary's cat needs to hiss only once, to scare away the neighbours' dogs.

Source: tatoeba (2725987)

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.

Source: tatoeba (3037424)

Their journey was silent but for the hum of the engine, the hiss of the rain and the rhythmic squeaking of the windshield wipers.

Source: tatoeba (6150573)

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