tiss

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verb

To make a hissing sound.

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Meanings

verbtiss (third-person singular simple present tisses, present participle tissing, simple past and past participle tissed)

present singular third person tisses · participle present tissing · participle past tissed · past tissed

  1. nonce wordTo make a hissing sound.

    His psalms were sung to the tissing larch, his hymns to the purple heath.

    1962, R F Delderfield, The Unjust Skies (also 1980 Diana), Afterglow
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    He ran along the edge, quickening at the shout of the kennel-boy, and had almost reached the island’s tail when Bite’m pinned him in the shoulder. Tissing through his open mouth, Tarka rolled and fought with the terriers.

    1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiss

MLA

“tiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiss. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiss,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiss.

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