The performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : The audience hissed when the actor forgot his lines.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The audience hissed the controversial play. ,They hissed down the author when he tried to speak.    From Dictionary.com. 

I read the first 50 pages of each one hoping to drown out the hissing from the O² machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [hat trick] Reference

There came such a loud hissing from the engine that people looked dazed as they scurried to and fro.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Garden Party, and Other Stories] Reference

A leaky valve they say, indicated by a repetitive loud hissing from the main gasket. frennzy said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calgon, Take Me Away] Reference

The breeze whispered along the castle walls and for a moment he thought he heard his name hissing softly in the night wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

Tell the truth: what sound is more appealing than the hissing from a spit-wet finger on an iron which has been heating on the stove.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yes Virginia, there is another Mexico] Reference

"He represents a party which has been nothing but obstructionist," sputtered Valeriani, amid much booing and hissing from the audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 22ND, 2010] Reference

He heard a sword hissing above the sound of the trumpet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Rifles]

The tapping had been his footsteps; the hissing was the door in its track.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of a Geisha]

There's also a sound that could be described as a hissing or water running through pipes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask MetaFilter] Reference

Three heads were together and one man was beating time with his hand while they took relays in hissing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography] Reference

One of the 'hissing' boys picked up the Croc and started walking away with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

It whirled, giving a kind of hissing hoot, and slashed with one clawed forefoot, then the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Torc]

The one I encounter in most books I read is one of the characters "hissing" a word without an 's' in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10: Worst Movie Sequels] Reference

Then I heard it, not so much a moan as a kind of hissing plaint, with that in it which I could not refuse to answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncharted Stars]

These dances consist of short parts, or acts, accompanied with frequent vociferations, and a kind of hissing, or whizzing noise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Settlement at Port Jackson] Reference

Mr. Voules, and made a kind of hissing noise with his teeth, and suddenly smacked his hands together with great éclat several times.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference

I felt as though these were just actors "hissing" at each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

This also adds a rough, "hissing" quality to the overall sound character.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The A / V interleaving looks OK. the 2th the same picture and the sound is "hissing".    From Wordnik.com.  [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference

Then she raised her eyes again to her uncle's, and said, with a kind of hissing sneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trumps] Reference

"Nearly thorough-bred," I continued; the coachman drew his breath, with a kind of hissing sound, through his teeth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference

Have you ever heard a weird kind of hissing, crackling or popping noise when calling someone on an IP telephony line?.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZDNET.com.au] Reference

I could never visualize hissing a word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Don’t Overuse Exotic Substitutes for “Said”] Reference

I can totally visualize hissing a word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Don’t Overuse Exotic Substitutes for “Said”] Reference

It's impossible to tell where the hissing comes from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Voyeur] Reference

  Then I remember hearing some sort of hissing sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the Badlands] Reference

What kid could resist big, hairy spiders and hissing cockroaches?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Family:Creepy Crawlers] Reference

And most everybody else's -- there's a lot of hissing and booing.    From Wordnik.com.  [As Seen On Tv] Reference

TIP SHEET's Linda Stern asked Lereah to identify that hissing sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask The Pro: David Lereah] Reference

There're respites of silence when the hissing seems to stop for good.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Voyeur] Reference

Nailah Lewis wasn't frightened by her first encounter with a hissing cockroach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long Beach Science Camp Makes Summer Special For Homeless Kids] Reference

It came again, then again, zinging, hissing, and whispering through the spring night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women Making Love to Monsters] Reference

  They were tossing a giant beetle back and forth, and the thing was squirming and hissing.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Pierre, Part One] Reference

They stared each other down when the sound of cats hissing eliminated the silence of the store.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep.3: Silent Partner] Reference

Like steam leaking from a corroded radiator, secrets came hissing out of Moscow Center last week.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coup Makers' Secrets] Reference

I thought I was alone but I was in the midst of a vast crowd hissing like poisonous snakes on fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grave of Rimbaud] Reference