n. the hissing of a snake; see also hsss, hsss ssss.
<The snake reared up, flickering a slim tongue. “Hssss. Nobody crosses without paying us.” —Brian Jacques, Mossflower.>
n. the sound of a city bus pulling away from a stop, as in The Hearse You Came In On by Tim Cockey.
hssss sss-sst.
n. a hiss to call someone’s attention.
<“Hssss sss-sst!” Parvati blew through her teeth. —Suzanne Fisher Staples, Shiva’s Fire.>
hsssss.
interj. a hiss of derision, as by a teacher to a student who questions a typo in his textbook in Squee’s Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors by Jhonen Vasquez.
n. a sizzling hiss of a fire-breathing dragon.
<Flames licked from the dragon’s mouth. “Hsssss. Why would you trade your life for such a pitiful scrap of flesh?” —William D. Burt, The Greenstones.>
hssssssss.
n. an exhalation of “sulfur breath,” as in the comic book New Mutants #77 by Rich Buckler.
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