1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
   "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience";
   - hiss, hushing, fizzle, sibilation

1. Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
   "The audience hissed at the poor performance";
   - siss [US, informal], sizz [US, informal], sibilate
    
2. Express or utter with a hiss
   "He hissed his disapproval";
   - sizz [US, informal], siss [US, informal], sibilate
    
3. Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
   "The crowd hissed the unpopular politician off the stage";
   - boo
    
4. Move with a whooshing sound
   "The rocket hissed as it took off";
   - whoosh

Derived forms: hissings

Type of: condemn, emit, go, let loose, let out, locomote, mouth, move, noise, speak, talk, travel, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Hissing