hissing noise

collocation in English

meaningsofhissandnoise

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hiss
noun[C or U]
uk
/hɪs/us
/hɪs/
a sound like the ...
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noise
noun
uk
/nɔɪz/us
/nɔɪz/
a sound or sounds, especially when it is unwanted, unpleasant, ...
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(Definition ofhissandnoisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The suspicion figuring in thishissingnoiseinterrupts the process of understanding and thus intervenes in the epistemology of hermeneutics.
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When alarmed, it makes ahissingnoise, and depending on its mood, it may change color.
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The orchestration includes a hisser, a carbon dioxide tank that makes ahissingnoise, whose use is optional.
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Striking is accompanied by ahissingnoiseand contact is made only by the tips of the fingers.
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His bottom half consisted of gigantic viper coils that could reach the top of his head when stretched out and constantly made ahissingnoise.
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Ahissingnoiseproduced by a gas discharge tube created the sibilants (voicesless frictive sounds).
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If you listen closely, you can hear ahissingnoisein the vocals in the intro because we were using a real noisy vocal preamp.
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There was no evidence of a distress signal; a 180-millisecondhissingnoisecould be heard as the explosion destroyed the aircraft's communications centre.
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Some units of this phone made a slighthissingnoisewhen connected to an external audio amplifier.
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They may also perform a characteristic, stridulating threat display, in which counterlooped coils and the lower serrated, keeled scales are rubbed against one another to produce a loudhissingnoise.
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Locals who ventured to the island shortly after it formed heard ahissingnoiseat one end and started a fire which was difficult to extinguish.
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An audiblehissingnoisewas recorded onto the album from the sound of fire extinguishers used to put out a fire under the stage as the group performed.
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The water should be poured until the hissing noises stop.
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