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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hissing \Hiss"ing\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hiss \Hiss\ (h[i^]s). verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Hissed} (h[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hissing}.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hissen, OD. hisschen.]
1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. --Ezek. xxvii. 36.
2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. --Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hissing
adjective: noisy sound like a sustained 's'; "'hissing' is the sound a snake makes"
noun: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: {hiss}, {sibilation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "hissing": Bronx cheer, assibilation, banter, bantering, birdies, blooping, blurping, boo, booing, buzz, catcall, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, distortion, effervescence, effervescent, effervescing, feedback, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleering, flippancy, flippant, flutter, fluttering, fooling, frication, frictional rustling, grinning, hiss, hoot, hooting, howling, hum, hush, hushing, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, lisp, mockery, mocking, motorboating, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, raspberry, razz, razzing, rhonchus, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, rumble, scoffing, scratching, shredding, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilant, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, sneeze, sneezing, snickering, sniff, sniffing, sniffle, sniffling, sniggering, snore, snoring, snort, snorting, snuff, snuffle, snuffling, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squeals, squelch, squish, static, sternutation, stertor, swish, taunting, teasing, the bird, twitting, wheeze, wheezing, wheezy, whish, whistle, whistles, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, woomping, wow, wowwows, zip
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