HISSES Synonyms

• pronounce with an initial sibilant

• utter a sibilant

• express or utter with a hiss

• make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

• express or utter with a hiss

• make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

• express or utter with a hiss

• make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

• warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

• the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

• informal terms for a (young) woman

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

• watch and study birds in their natural habitat

• a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

• a complete failure

• end weakly

• a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

• a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• something of little value

• to utter a loud clamorous shout

• utter the characteristic sound of owls

• a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

• woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries

• red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

• pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound

• a disrespectful laugh

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose

• make a snorting sound by exhaling hard

• inhale recreational drugs

• inhale through the nose

• the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)

• move with a sibilant sound

• move with a whooshing sound

• gush or squirt out

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt