"siss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sisses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sissen}} Middle English sissen, {{der|en|dum|sissen}} Middle Dutch sissen, {{m|dum|cissen}} cissen, {{der|en|gml|sissen|t=to hiss; buzz}} Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), {{cog|nl|sissen}} Dutch sissen, {{cog|nds-de|zissen}} German Low German zissen, {{cog|de|zischen}} German zischen Head templates: {{en-noun}} siss (plural sisses)
  1. (colloquial) A hissing noise. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-siss-en-noun-p2SenMcX

Verb

Forms: sisses [present, singular, third-person], sissing [participle, present], sissed [participle, past], sissed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sissen}} Middle English sissen, {{der|en|dum|sissen}} Middle Dutch sissen, {{m|dum|cissen}} cissen, {{der|en|gml|sissen|t=to hiss; buzz}} Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), {{cog|nl|sissen}} Dutch sissen, {{cog|nds-de|zissen}} German Low German zissen, {{cog|de|zischen}} German zischen Head templates: {{en-verb}} siss (third-person singular simple present sisses, present participle sissing, simple past and past participle sissed)
  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To make a hissing sound. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Derived forms: sizzle
    Sense id: en-siss-en-verb-em~eDeTC

Inflected forms

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