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1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
   "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
   - hiss, hushing, fizzle, sibilation

1. Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
   - siss, sizz, sibilate
    
2. Move with a whooshing sound
   - whoosh
    
3. Express or utter with a hiss
   - sizz, siss, sibilate
    
4. Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
   - boo

Derived forms: hissings

See also: hisser

Type of: condemn, emit, go, let loose, let out, locomote, mouth, move, noise, speak, talk, travel, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Hiss