hiss
verb (used without object)
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.
was hissing
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past progressiveof hiss.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When staff and a vet collected it and took it to the hospital in Grays "it was hissing and spitting", she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2021
My skin had already been crawling and thanks to these two men it was hissing with anger.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2017
The press’s clutch was hissing and exhaling, hissing and exhaling, and Campbell added a last pump of oil to the machine with 15 minutes to go.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2017
Animal Control officials said the snake was hissing and acting aggressive under the woman’s dryer.
From Time ● Oct. 8, 2015
Somewhere else a phonograph, scratchy and faded, was hissing out a record of “Roamin’ in the Gloamin”’ sung by Harry Lauder.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
