the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To make a hissing sound.
n. A hissing noise.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To hiss.
n. See sis.
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v. make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
v. express or utter with a hiss
Word Usage
"The while desultory long-distance firing was indulged in by the discomfited foe, the bullets pinging against the hard ground or flying with a sharp "siss" overhead."