hissed
past simple and past participle ofhiss
hiss
verb
uk/hɪs/us/hɪs/[I]
to make anoiselike alongssound:
Why dosnakeshiss?
Theironwas hissing andspluttering.
People in theaudiencewere hissingtheirdisapproval.
[T]
to say something in aquietangryway:
"Shut up,Tom!" she hissed.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
Talking angrily
Examplesofhissed
hissed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We have reports in the press of witnesses beinghissedand booed or cheered, which brings the court into disrepute.
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I remember a play beinghissedoff the stage because it was not considered decent.
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It washissedoff the stage because of one particular action which took place on the stage, and which could not be read in the manuscript.
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The next speaker washissedand jeered.
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Before the start of the matches, he asked to give a statement to the crowd, which booed andhissedand threw things.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You havehissedall my mystery lectures, and were caught fighting a liar in the quad.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The crowdhissedand booed the jurors, and tried to attack the defendants as they left the courtroom.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The official musicians mentioned in the previous scene are joined by outsiders, one of which made a mistake in the notes and washissed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The audience, thinking he was drunk,hissedand booed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After throwing a rock at it, the lizardhissedat him and fled into some brush.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A portion of ithissed, but this portion was a miserable minority.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This came near bringing on a fight and the crowd broke into the field and surrounded the players closely while the occupants of the grand standhissedthe unexpected display.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The audiencehissedand booed its disapproval.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For some reason (presumably the events prior), this seemed outrageously inconsistent when viewed on the stage, and the audiencehissedthe actors right off the stage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The thing justhissedwith danger.
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