| slovo | definícia |
hissing
(encz) | hissing,syčení Jaroslav Šedivý |
Hissing
(gcide) | Hiss \Hiss\ (h[i^]s). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hissed (h[i^]st); p.
pr. & vb. n. Hissing.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative
origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]
1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the
letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the
teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a
goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound
as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
[1913 Webster]
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
--Ezek. xxvii.
36.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a
sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
[1913 Webster]
Shod with steel,
We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster] |
Hissing
(gcide) | Hissing \Hiss"ing\, n.
1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
[1913 Webster]
2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and
derision. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster]
I will make this city desolate, and a hissing.
--Jer. xix. 8.
[1913 Webster] |
hissing
(wn) | hissing
n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of
disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the
hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing,
hushing, fizzle, sibilation] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Hissing
(gcide) | Hiss \Hiss\ (h[i^]s). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hissed (h[i^]st); p.
pr. & vb. n. Hissing.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative
origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]
1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the
letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the
teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a
goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound
as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
[1913 Webster]
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
--Ezek. xxvii.
36.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a
sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
[1913 Webster]
Shod with steel,
We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]Hissing \Hiss"ing\, n.
1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
[1913 Webster]
2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and
derision. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster]
I will make this city desolate, and a hissing.
--Jer. xix. 8.
[1913 Webster] |
Hissingly
(gcide) | Hissingly \Hiss"ing*ly\, adv.
With a hissing sound.
[1913 Webster] |
|