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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hissing

· Hiss·ing · IPA /ˈhɪsɪŋ/
01 n. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
  1. 1.
    The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
  2. 2.
    The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.[Archaic]
    “I will make this city desolate, and a hissing.” — Jer. xix. 8.