hissing

1. 1.

   a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

   “the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience”

   Synonymshisshushingfizzlesibilation

   Broadernoise

Other forms of hissing

plural

hissings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hissing

What does hissing mean?

hissing means "a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)".

How many syllables are in hissing?

hissing has 2 syllables: his-sing. The stress falls on "his". In IPA it is /ˈhɪsɪŋ/.

What is another word for hissing?

Close synonyms include hiss, hushing, fizzle, sibilation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hissing a common word?

hissing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.