hiss
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The midtempo “Ridin’ High” starts with a descending harp glissando that pours into a synthesizer seasoned by a vibraslap’s rattlesnake hiss.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Insults hit her with a knife-like hiss of air; fresh schemes get her charging around to Hildur Guðnadóttir’s tumultuous, percussive score.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
And so somewhere, between the hiss of butter and the smell of roasting chicken, she is still there, reminding every cook who’ll listen: “Brown food tastes good.”
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Its wick emitted a gentle hiss and soft yellow light as a tiny petal of flame danced inside its glass hexagon.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Vocabulary lists containing hiss
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