English-Finnish translations for hiss

• sähinä
• sähistä
• sihistä
  Käärme sihisi heinikossa.
• sihinä

Definition of hiss

• A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative
• An expression of disapproval made using such a sound
• To make a hissing sound
• To condemn or express contempt by hissing
• To utter with a hissing sound
• To move with a hissing sound
• To emit or eject with a hissing sound
• To whisper, especially angrily or urgently

Examples

• As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
• The crowd booed and hissed her off the stage
• The arrow hissed through the air.

Related words

• hissing
• hisser
• Whissendine
• Whissonsett
• hiss-teeth
• juyghissa
• hissy fit
• hissing sound
• hissing cockroach