Collocations for "hiss"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hiss" in context.
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hiss
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- heard the hiss of [a cat, the teapot]
- the [cat's, snake's] hiss
- a [sharp, loud] hiss
- the hiss of [steam, the fire]
- the hiss of a boiling kettle
- let out a hiss of pain
- hiss or [distortion, background noise, hum]
- could hear a distinct hiss (coming from)
- gave a warning hiss
- a hiss of [disapproval, discontent, annoyance]
- hisses from the [audience, crowd]
- the [snake, cat] hissed (at me)
- was hissing like a [snake]
- hissing and spitting
- [air, oxygen] was hissing out
- hissing out of the [gap, crack, hole]
- [air, wind] was hissing through the [gap]
- the tire was hissing (air)
- hissed at me
- "…," he hissed [angrily] hiss v hissed through [clenched, gritted, his] teeth hiss v the fire crackled and hissed hiss v the speakers were hissing hiss v hitch v hitched up his [horse, pony] hitch v hitched his [horse] to [a post, the wagon] hitch