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verb (used without object)
1.
to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
2.
to express disapproval or contempt by making this sound: The audience hissed when the actor forgot his lines.
verb (used with object)
3.
to express disapproval of by hissing: The audience hissed the controversial play.
4.
to silence or drive away by hissing (usually followed by away, down, etc.): They hissed down the author when he tried to speak.
5.
to utter with a hiss.
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noun
6.
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English hissen; probably imitative; compare Old English hyscan to jeer at, rail (derivative of husc jeering; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German hosc)
1350–1400; Middle English hissen; probably imitative; compare Old English hyscan to jeer at, rail (derivative of husc jeering; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German hosc)
Related forms
hiss·er, noun
hiss·ing·ly, adverb
out·hiss, verb (used with object)
un·hissed, adjective
Synonyms
2, 4. boo, razz, heckle.
2, 4. boo, razz, heckle.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Hiss definition
to express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1 Kings 9:8). Zechariah (10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them." This expression may be "derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving, or from the sound naturally made to attract a person's attention."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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