Verb: sibilate 'si-bu,leyt
- Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
"The snake sibilated menacingly";
- hiss, siss [US, informal], sizz [US, informal]
- Express or utter with a hiss
"The cat sibilated a warning";
- hiss, sizz [US, informal], siss [US, informal]
- Utter a sibilant
"He sibilated to get the waiter's attention"
- Pronounce with an initial sibilant
"In some languages, certain words are sibilated"
Derived forms: sibilated, sibilates, sibilating
Type of: articulate, emit, enounce [archaic], enunciate, let loose, let out, mouth, pronounce, say, sound out, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize