verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a banging/tearing/hissing etc sound
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There was an odd buzzing sound in her ears.
a cat hisses (= makes a low noise that shows fear or anger )
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Cats sometimes hiss at dogs.
a snake hisses (= makes a noise which sounds like 'ssss' )
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The snake hissed at him and opened its mouth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tooth
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I hissed through my own teeth at it and tugged the rubber tighter, then tighter still.
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Miss Lewis hissed between her teeth .
■ VERB
hear
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She heard the faint hiss as the metal struck the water.
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All you could hear was air hissing out the pipe, like a gurgling sound, then hissing, then silence.
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After two minutes McCready heard his breath hiss out in triumph.
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Mavis heard the river; she heard the mill stacks hissing in the night, the gurgle of the aeration ponds.
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His words were not heard but the hissing of the voice carried a certain asperity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Are you crazy?" he hissed.
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a snake hissing
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Air hissed out of the tyre.
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Hundreds of people shouted and hissed at the prime minister.
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It sounded as though gas was hissing out of a pipe.
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Relatives of the victim hissed as the killer was led from the courtroom.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blisters which had formed the first time now burst, weeping clear fluid on to the burner which hissed like an angry snake.
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He hissed those words under his breath, your friend, his fingers digging mindlessly into the clear plastic packets of prophylactics.
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I was booing and hissing the bad guys with the best of them, and I usually hate audience participation.
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Now he hisses and spins in jumps while powder ice clings to the air but by trade he's a long-haul skater.
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She hisses her disapproval, then snatches up the denims, and digs the key from one of the pockets.
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The flow from the tap stops - and there may be hissing or bubbling noises as well.
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They hissed, as evil as geese.