as in booing
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as in bubbling
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 Synonyms for hissing
Verb
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One perk is that the bubbling stream provides the ideal ecosystem where hemlock and rhododendron thrive along the banks.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024 -
There was understandable tension in the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, but something was bubbling from minute one against Porto.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Indeed, on Thursday in Basel, a small group of protesters blew whistles and waved flags to disrupt one of Raphael’s public rehearsals.—
Alex Marshall,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Bring your own watercraft and wear a personal flotation device and whistle.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2025
Noun
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In a movie climate where remakes tend to draw sneers of derision and claims that people have just gotten too lazy to invent anything new, Disney’s remakes of its own products are always a chief target.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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But the moralistic sneer didn’t take long to enter the postgame analysis.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In group settings, Edelman was good for a clip on the local news, making a wry joke about his own passing abilities, the opposing team or Brady with a smirk on his face.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
6 May 2025
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Everyone has always wondered what that smirk was all about from day one.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Hissing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hissing. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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