When the hiss of reptiles turns to words, you hear something that you have never heard and will never forget.
Back in 2005, for instance, he argued that the U.S. housing bubble was starting to hiss badly.
Gor, I—I liked the fun, and so I thumpt away, and hiss'd as lustily as the best of 'em.
Soften the burning flame so that it is just barely beginning to hiss.
The frozen fountains now plash, and hiss, and sparkle in the sun.
To hiss the curate, 'tis a ticklish sort of a job after that.
The last words were spoken in a whisper, emphasized into almost a hiss.
Then there was a hiss and a crackle, and in the receiver of the desk a book appeared.
Here he was interrupted by a hiss, which the Captain immediately suppressed.
It's a dreadfully intimate affair with me, and if I didn't like it I should hiss, anyway.
late 14c., of imitative origin. Johnson wrote, "it is remarkable, that this word cannot be pronounced without making the noise which it signifies." Related: Hissed; hissing.
1510s, from hiss (v.).
