English Explanatory Dictionary

siss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hissing noise.
verb
  1. To make a hissing sound.

Word forms

siss sisses sissing sissed

Etymology

From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.

Derived words

sizzle
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