Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A hissing noise.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo make a hissing sound.
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.
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