as in whistled
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\
the frightened kitten hissed at us when we tried to pick it up
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Recent Examples of hissed
Getting hissed off So here’s a thing that happened.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
The previous week, Nini had boldly hissed at her from five feet away.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
The previous week, Nini had boldly hissed at her from five feet away.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hissed
Verb
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That prospect flared up for Seoane as the home fans whistled and booed at the final whistle, and became reality on Monday when the club’s board acted.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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With such enviable success, questions have bubbled over the years as to whether the Parasite outfit could be bought by a larger entity or a group of investors.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lichtenberg thinks the atmosphere most likely bubbled up from the planet’s magma ocean.—
Elise Cutts,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
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There was plenty of experimentation, too, seen via the shimmering tops in punchy shades like Big Bird yellow and flaming vermilion red, and the tinsel skirts that swished in all directions as models walked to a custom soundtrack by the British artist Steve McQueen.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The video of serene waves that swished behind the curved stage at the start of Dua Lipa’s concert slowly intensified until the tide became a surge, an appropriate analogy for the pop superstar’s arrival in the US for the first time in more than three years.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the end the project fizzled; publishers weren't excited and the advances mentioned would never pay for all our globetrotting.—
Ron Arias,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Like many among the songwriter class,Tranter’s path started when his own efforts as a performer had fizzled.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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The machines whizzed and whirred.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Instead, employees described taking cover under their desks as bullets whizzed over their heads.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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But from the very first race in the summer of 1993, these sausages have sizzled and arguably helped to modernize the most traditional American pastime.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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On day seven of the 2025 World Athletics Championships, Lyles sizzled on Tokyo tracks to claim his fourth consecutive 200-meter world title.—
Paras J. Haji,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hissed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hissed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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