hizz

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪz

Verb

hizz (third-person singular simple present hizzes, present participle hizzing, simple past and past participle hizzed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To hiss.
   • c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 6:

     To have a thousand with red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em!

   • 1656, Abraham Cowley, The Ecstasy:

     The Wheels and Horses Hoofs hizzd as they past them ore.