hissing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
    hushing; fizzle; sibilation; hiss.
    • the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
  2. verb make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
    sizz; sibilate; siss; hiss.
  3. verb move with a whooshing sound
    whoosh; hiss.
  4. verb express or utter with a hiss
    sizz; sibilate; siss; hiss.
  5. verb show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
    hiss; boo.

WordNet

Hiss"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
  2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. Archaic
    I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8.

Webster 1913