siss

See also: Siss

English

Etymology

From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.

Noun

siss (plural sisses)

  1. (US, colloquial) A hissing noise.

Verb

siss (third-person singular simple present sisses, present participle sissing, simple past and past participle sissed)

  1. (US, colloquial, intransitive) To make a hissing sound.
    a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for siss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian шиш (šiš, “thief, vagabond”). Cognate to Finnish sissi.

Noun

siss (genitive sissi, partitive sissi)

  1. partisan, guerilla
  2. war-time thief

Declension

Derived terms

  • sissisõda
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