Siffilate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Siffilate is a verb meaning (transitive or intransitive) To whisper or to hiss softly.
Meaning
(transitive or intransitive) To whisper or to hiss softly.
Example Sentences
But before Smallbones was summoned, he had time to whisper to one or two of the conspirators "He's gone." It was enough; in less than a minute the whisper was passed throughout the cutter. "He's gone!' was siffilated above and below, until it met the ears of even Corporal Van Spitter, who had it from a marine.
Word Forms
- siffilates
- siffilating
- siffilated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include siffle, whisper, siss, hiss, sigh, hish.
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