The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise.
Tennyson.
Hiss, n. 1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out
the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of
disapprobation or contempt.
"Hiss" implies audible friction of breath consonants.
H. Sweet.
A dismal, universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn.
Milton.
2. Any sound resembling that above described; as: (a) The noise made by
a serpent.
But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue.
Milton.
(b) The note of a goose when irritated. (c) The noise made by steam
escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
Hiss"ing, n. 1. The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.
2. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
[Archaic]