A cat will often hiss to warn off other cats. From LearnThat.org.
Unfortunately the tablet recorded a hiss from the mixer. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
At that time the British Constable was responsible for law and order in hiss village. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Co-ordination Within the Empire] Reference
To hear the noise of serpent's hiss, that is thy harmony. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6] Reference
Raparivelo recalled the hiss of bullets and the smell of gunfire as he crawled to safety uninjured. From Wordnik.com. [Committee to Protect Journalists] Reference
Exactly adjusted and sharp planes "hiss" during planing!. From Wordnik.com. [3. Preparations for Planing] Reference
Motown kept a distictive "hiss" on their snare drum which other studios didn't seem to imitate. From Wordnik.com. [View from the Northern Border] Reference
To retain the artistic purity, they rid the recordings of any unintentional mechanical noise, such as hiss, clicks, sibilance. From Wordnik.com. [Meet the Beatles (Again)] Reference
There are the odd hiccups, where characters "hiss" their dialogue, and other such tags, when a simple "said" would be better used. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: "Strange Angels" by Lili St. Crow] Reference
(Here was heard a "hiss" from some part of the chamber). From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I] Reference
The fur on his back said "hiss," for it was sizzling-hot. From Wordnik.com. [Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac] Reference
Last thing I didn't like was the "hiss" at the baseball scene. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
The other answered in a low voice that had a kind of hiss in it. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Adversary] Reference
I also have software that takes the 'hiss' out of cassette recordings. From Wordnik.com. [Drudge Retort] Reference
Factory-sealed carbonated beverages are generally safe - listen for the "hiss" when opening. From Wordnik.com. [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference
As with other NC headphones, there is a distinctive "hiss" that can be heard when the NC circuit is turned on. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Indeed, the term "hiss" is a misnomer for the quick sibilant expulsion of the breath by an alarmed or angered serpent. From Wordnik.com. [The Wings of the Morning] Reference
We hear the chatter and hiss of other police radios. From Wordnik.com. [The Cougar] Reference
"You may hiss as much as you like, but it is coming.". From Wordnik.com. ['And Ain't I A Woman?'] Reference
The water in the pipes began to hiss as the heat came on. From Wordnik.com. [Hundred Dollar Hit] Reference
The comforting hiss of the radiator: radiating, radiating. From Wordnik.com. [ID] Reference
We lift the rock and you hiss, Please, no more "Real Housewives"!!. From Wordnik.com. [As new Housewives divide and conquer D.C., we just don't get 'Real' anymore] Reference
Some say they're hearing the housing bubble's first hiss of a leak. From Wordnik.com. [NO ROAD TO RUIN] Reference
They'd even hold up some of the little ones and let them hiss at me. From Wordnik.com. [Taunting the Tiger] Reference
It's only the hiss that comes with waking up, regaining consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference
A loud hiss got my attention and stopped me from admiring the picture. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch from Bilbao] Reference
A hiss of barista-steam startles her, the burble of voices grates on her. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 4] Reference
Hence, comes the background hiss, the Middletons must be a bunch of commoner upstarts. From Wordnik.com. [I do hope Kate Middleton has a cunning plan] Reference
He was out of any radio range, and so a dry susurrating hiss issued from the car stereo. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Crackle] Reference
The scraping hiss was there, but faint, then distinct as if coming closer, then gone again. From Wordnik.com. [The Nielsens (part two)] Reference
But no matter where Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson pointed the horn-shaped antenna, it picked up a hiss. From Wordnik.com. [How It All Started] Reference
It would sound (if amplified and run through a signal converter) like the pure tone of a tuning fork against a background hiss. From Wordnik.com. [ET, PHONE US] Reference
"The burgers landed with one great searing hiss, immediately sank, and neither Henry nor I could figure a rescue plan fast enough.". From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories That Tell... Stories] Reference
But now, through the hiss of water in his shower, Clinton heard the voice of his personal aide, Kris Engskov, urgently calling him out. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale Of Two Cities: Washington] Reference
You cheer the good guys, gasp at the cliffhangers, hiss the villains and leave the theater with an old-fashioned sense of satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Gets Seriously Silly] Reference
But where, on the small screen, one hears a pop can hiss, on the large screen one hears black matte ammo clips clackering like castanets. From Wordnik.com. [Violence In Our Culture] Reference
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