Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of sibilating or hissing; the utterance or emission of sibilant sounds; also, a hissing sound; in style, predominance or prominence of the sound of s.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hissing sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
- noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Again Poole's lips moved, and now his voice was just audible as a faint sibilation, producing no intelligible sounds.
Tin 2010
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I initially prepared for a comparision involving the much more famous sibilation *t ts / _u.
Japanese dialect mirrors suspected PIE development of sibilantization between two dental stops 2009
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Her voice was peculiar, very low and sweet, and so soft that the dominant note was of sibilation.
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It was deceptively loud because the sharp sibilation cut through every other sound.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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A second muffled explosion, then silence except for the sibilation of the flames.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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A second muffled explosion, then silence except for the sibilation of the flames.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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Amanar heard in his mind the satisfied sibilation of the god-demon feeding.
Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982
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The sudden sibilation out of silence startles all,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 Various
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As Dr. Johnson would have said: Sir, there was a habit of sibilation in the house.
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Suddenly, like the hiss of ten thousand times ten thousand snakes, a rushing sibilation passed through the momentarily darkened air.
The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson
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