n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With a hissing sound. [ 1913 Webster ]