Read full poem →If any fool is by our satire bit,
Let him hiss loud, to show you all he's hit.
Poets make characters, as salesmen clothes;
Dictionary Entry
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. hisscase hisshiss algerhiss loudhiss soft
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Poetry examples for “hiss”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Anderson Hiss Verge 1 oa ee baa Arent Arthas 1347 23d..... .. +. Drake-3714-W
Read full poem →The state bed shivers in the watery dawn. Drip--hiss--fall the raindrops.
For the storm never stops.
Read full poem →Over the yawning chimney hangs the fog. Drip--hiss--drip--hiss--
fall the raindrops on the oaken log which burns, and steams,
Read full poem →In the city among the walls the overland passenger train
is choked and the pistons hiss and the wheels curse.
Read full poem →Masked the serpent and the dove;
That I discern now hiss from coo,
My heart’s full gratitude to you,
Read full poem →Who judge of Plays from their own penny gaff,
At God's great theatre will hiss and laugh;
For what's a Saint to them
Read full poem →How white, had the day shone on them, they were,
Heaving and coiling. So by the roar and hiss
And by the mighty motion of the abyss
Read full poem →See the snakes that they rear
How they hiss in their hair,
And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Read full poem →Hiss of bifid tongues, and the Pit in full uproar !
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