Thesaurus
:
sibilate
T
hesaurus
sibilate
English
Verb
Sense: to make a hissing sound
Synonyms
hiss
hizz
(
obsolete
)
sibilate
Hyponyms
fizzle
sizzle
swish
swoosh
whish
whisper
whistle
whiz
whizzle
(
British dialect
)
whoosh
zip
zing
Hypernyms
make sound
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⇒ thesaurus
]
Further reading
“
409. sibilation
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
sibilate
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.