Reverse Dictionary: HISS

ADJECTIVES
► SIBILANT having a hissing sound; characterized by hissing → 1669
► SIBILOUS hissing, sibilant → 1768

NOUNS
► AFFLATUS a hiss, esp. of a serpent → 1753
► FIZZLE the act of hissing or sputtering → 1842
► GUYING hissing → 1885 theatrical usage
► OBSIBILATION a hissing against → 1658 obs.
► SIBILATION ► SIBILLATION the act of hissing or whistling; a hissing or whistling sound → 1626
► SISS a hissing sound → 1870

NOUNS – PERSON
► SIBILATOR ► SIBILLATOR one who hisses or whistles → c1440

VERBS
► BYSS to hiss or fizz, as in the fire → a1522 obs.
► FIZZLE to make a  hissing sound; to hiss or sputter, as a firework, etc. → 1859
► GOOSE to express disapproval of a play, actor, etc. by hissing → 1838 theatrical sl.
► GUY to hiss → c1870 theatrical usage obs.
► HIZZLE to make a hissing or whizzing noise → 1583 obs.
► OBSIBILATE to make a whistling noise, as trees stirred with winds; to hiss → 1656 obs.
► RAZZ to hiss or deride someone or make fun of them → 1921 sl., orig. US
► SIBILATE ► SIBILLATE to hiss; to utter a hissing sound → 1656
► SIFFILATE to whisper; to hiss softly → 1836
► SIFFLE to blow with a sibilant sound; to whistle, to hiss → a1300
► SISS to hiss → a1300
► SISTLE to emit a kind of hissing sound → 1849
► SIZZ to give out a hissing sound; to hiss, to sizzle → 1788
► SIZZEN to hiss → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)