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
He imagined the hiss and pop of their burning logs gladdening “many a humble fireside.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
It sounds like "a descending scream, a deep roar and a final growing hiss," he reported.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2025
A hiss and puff of compressed air shapes the smooth leather, bringing to life an all-American cowboy boot in a factory on China's eastern coast.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025
Flames lick her, and the walls hiss and spit molten plaster.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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