Definition of "hiss" []

• A sharp sibilant sound similar to a sustained s. (noun)
• An expression of disapproval, contempt, or dissatisfaction conveyed by use of this sound. (noun)
• To make a hiss: The audience booed and hissed. The teakettle hissed on the stove. (verb-intransitive)
• To utter with a hiss: (verb-transitive)
• To express (a negative view or reaction) by uttering a hiss: The audience hissed its displeasure. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Unfortunately the tablet recorded a hiss from the mixer."
• "At that time the British Constable was responsible for law and order in hiss village."
• "Preston hit another hidden button and two large speakers lowered from the ceiling above the monitors; both hissed, but not from any electronic malfunction in their circuitry: The hiss was the sound of silence."