sibilation

Roget category 409

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation

noun

sibilance, sibilation — zip — hiss etc. v. — sternutation — high note etc. 410.
[animals that hiss] goose, serpent, snake (animal sounds) 412.
[animals that buzz] insect, bug — bee, mosquito, wasp, fly.
[inanimate things that hiss] tea kettle, pressure cooker — air valve, pressure release valve, safety valve, tires, air escaping from tires, punctured tire — escaping steam, steam, steam radiator, steam release valve.

verb

hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle — fizz, fizzle — wheeze, whistle, snuffle — squash — sneeze — sizzle, swish.

adjective

sibilant — hissing etc. v. — wheezy — sternutative^†.

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