Usually means: Sound of prolonged sharp sibilance.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word hiss:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. hiss: Merriam-Webster
  2. hiss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hiss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hiss: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hiss: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hiss, hiss: Wordnik
  7. hiss: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hiss: Wiktionary
  9. hiss: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hiss: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hiss: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hiss, hiss: Dictionary.com
  13. hiss: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. HISS, Hiss (electromagnetic), Hiss, The Hiss: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Hiss: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. hiss: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. hiss: Rhymezone
  18. hiss: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. hiss: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. hiss: FreeDictionary.org
  21. hiss: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Hiss: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. hiss: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. hiss: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hiss: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. HISS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. hiss: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hiss: Easton Bible

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hiss: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HISS: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
noun:  An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.
verb:  (transitive) To call someone by hissing.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
verb:  (transitive) To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
verb:  (intransitive) To move with a hissing sound.
verb:  (transitive) To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
verb:  (transitive) To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.

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