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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval);
- Example: "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
[syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation]

2. pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound;
[syn: sibilation, assibilation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sibilation \Sib`i*la"tion\, n. [L. sibilatio.] Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. [1913 Webster] He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sibilation n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation] 2: pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound [syn: sibilation, assibilation]