SIBILATE

hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate

(verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate

(verb) express or utter with a hiss

sibilate

(verb) utter a sibilant

sibilate

(verb) pronounce with an initial sibilant

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

sibilate (third-person singular simple present sibilates, present participle sibilating, simple past and past participle sibilated)

To hiss.

To speak with a hissing sound.

Anagrams

• albitise, tibiales

Source: Wiktionary


Sib"i*late, v. t. & i.

Definition: To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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