hissing
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhɪsɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsɪŋ
Verb
[edit]hissing
- present participle and gerund of hiss
- 1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 357:
- Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hissing (comparative more hissing, superlative most hissing)
- that produces or is accompanied with a hiss
Noun
[edit]hissing (plural hissings)
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