Sibilance

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The character or quality of being sibilant; also, a hissing sound.
  • Word Usage
    "I’m mostly pro-stimulus myself, but I don’t think that extra bit of sibilance is going to persuade anyone."
    Equivalent
    sibilancy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sibilation   
    Same Context
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