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Discover LudwigThe word "hissing" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is primarily used as a verb and describes a sharp, sibilant sound made by something like a snake or an angry cat. It can also be used as an adjective to describe a sound that resembles a hiss. Example: The serpent slithered silently across the forest floor, its tongue flickering and hissing as it searched for prey.
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hissing
noun
The sound of a hiss.
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What they fail to realise is that even if Morsi was removed with mass public backing, as he was, and even if Egypt is being targeted by terrorists, there is something decidedly dodgy about talking about the greatest constitution in Egyptian history and a new era for democracy while simultaneously hissing at the media through gritted teeth to stay on message.
But the poor girl can't even watch a Chicago Bulls game without hissing an expletive whenever the TV shows Rose calmly draining a foul shot.
The baths are hissing with steam and, with this last in mind, interpreters for President Boris Yeltsin and Ryutaro Hashimoto, the prime minister of Japan, are braced to work en déshabille at the least formal moments of this weekend's informal summit.
I recognized those traits in some people I knew .This was a meat-eating crowd, hissing the names of Richard Nixon, Dick Cheney and Michael Savage whenever they were mentioned by the panel.
It isn't just taxation that has rich-world companies hissing these days, but rhetoric and regulation as well.At a time when the rich world is struggling to generate economic growth, you might imagine that its politicians would be competing to attract good companies and stimulate them to create jobs, innovative products and revenue.
All day long, sweaty porters cart supplies along filthy lanes, hissing to shoo people out of the way.Life in Kibera can be harsh.
Hog-nosed skunks stand up on their hind paws and slam their front paws to the ground while hissing loudly.
But one can also express dislike of something by booing or hissing.
And it's just a short (but steep) walk from Flamands beach, which has magnificent waves that roll in off the reefs, clapping and hissing, and then racing up the sand in protruding fingers of surf.
But there is another part that craves an outlet for hissing and booing, even outside the pantomime season.
As soon as Lââm picked up the mic, the hissing started, rising quickly to a high-pitched crescendo of whistling which carried through the stadium like bad feedback.
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