Associations to the word «Hissing»

Wiktionary

HISSING, verb. Present participle of hiss
HISSING, noun. The sound of a hiss.

Dictionary definition

HISSING, noun. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats