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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hissing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪsɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. that produces or is accompanied with a hiss
    • At all times when kissing and such like things are begun, the woman should give a reply with a hissing sound. 1883, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Karma Sutra:

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more hissing Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most hissing Degree=Sup lexicographic

hissing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪsɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. The sound of a hiss.
    • The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common. 1875, John Lothrop Motley, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld Advocate of Holland:

Forms

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hissings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

hissing hot · hissing adder

hissing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪsɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of hiss
    form of hiss
    • Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history. 1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 357: