HISSING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of hissing next

as in booing

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hissing

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verb

present participle of hiss

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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At the time, the local underground Indie music scene was bubbling – bands like Sikandar ka Mandar, Poor Rich Boy, Talal Qureshi, Keeray Makoray, Janoobi Khargosh and others had created their own niche sounds and personalities which stirred something up in Maanu.

Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
The French have the historical edge, at least of topiary in its most exacting forms, with the grand formal gardens at the Palace of Versailles and swaths of rounded, bubbling topiary at the gardens of Marqueyssac.

Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024

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