v. i.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shod with steel,
We hissed along the polished ice. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
“Hiss” implies audible friction of breath consonants. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]
A dismal, universal hiss, the sound
Of public scorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue. Milton.
n.
I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With a hissing sound. [ 1913 Webster ]