What does hissing mean?
Hissing means present participle and gerund of hiss.
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/ˈhɪsɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of hiss.
Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.
At all times when kissing and such like things are begun, the woman should give a reply with a hissing sound.
The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.
Use hissing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hissing means present participle and gerund of hiss.
Common synonyms include hiss, noisy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.
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