make a hissing noise

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• hissing — n. sss sound, hiss; act of producing a hissing sound hɪs n. sss sound, noise which sounds like escaping steam v. make a hissing sound; express disapproval or derision by making a hissing sound …   English contemporary dictionary

• Hissing — Hiss Hiss (h[i^]s). v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hissed} (h[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hissing}.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.] 1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• noise — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deafening, loud ▪ awful, horrible, terrible ▪ faint, low, slight, small …   Collocations dictionary

• noise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. uproar, hubbub, din, racket, clamor, pandemonium; crash, rattle, clatter. See loudness, sound. Ant., silence, quiet. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sound] Syn. sound, sonance, something heard, something… …   English dictionary for students

• Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Bark (utterance) — A bark is a noise most commonly produced by dogs and puppies. Other animals that make this noise include wolves and quolls. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound (especially for large dogs). Other… …   Wikipedia

• Bark (dog) — Barking is a noise most commonly produced by dogs. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound (especially for large dogs), other than bark. Other transliterations include the onomatopoeic ruff , arf , yip (for… …   Wikipedia

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• fizzle — I. v. n. 1. Hiss, make a hissing noise, fizz. 2. (Colloq.) Fail, make a failure of it, fizzle out. II. n. (Colloq.) Failure, fiasco, abortive attempt …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Leak-down tester — A leak down tester is a measuring instrument used to determine the condition of internal combustion engines by introducing compressed air into the cylinder and measuring the rate at which it leaks out. Compression testing is a crude form of leak… …   Wikipedia

• Selenotypus — Taxobox name = Selenotypus image width = 200px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae subordo = Mygalomorphae superfamilia = Theraphosoidea familia = Theraphosidae genus = Selenotypus subdivision… …   Wikipedia