v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hissed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shod with steel,
We hissed along the polished ice. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malcolm. What is the newest grief?
Ros. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter with a hissing sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Hiss” implies audible friction of breath consonants. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dismal, universal hiss, the sound
Of public scorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any sound resembling that above described; as: (a) The noise made by a serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]

But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue. Milton.

(b) The note of a goose when irritated. (c) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will make this city desolate, and a hissing. Jer. xix. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a hissing sound. [ 1913 Webster ]