hiss
/hɪs/
US pronunciation
American sound/hɪs/
hiss
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- Short i vowel
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US voice -> hiss
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရှူးရှူးရဲှရဲှမွညျသံ။ (vt,vi) ရှူးရှူးရဲှရဲှ မွညျသညျ။
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(က) “ရှူး”ဟူသော အသံပြုသည်။ The steam escaped with a loud hissing noise. ❍ The goose hissed at me angrily.
(ခ) ဟောပြောသူ၊ ဖျော်ဖြေသူကို မနှစ်သက်ကြောင်း “ရှူးရှူး” ဟူသော အသံပြုသည်။ He was hissed off the stage (ie forced to leave it by the audience hissing). ❍ The crowd hissed and booed the performers.
(ဂ) စိတ်ဆိုးသည့်အသံဖြင့် ပြောသည်။ ‘Stay away from me!’ she hissed. ❍ He hissed at them to be quiet.
n ရှူးရှူးမြည်သံ။ the hiss of air brakes ❍ The performers were greeted with boos and hisses.
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whisper, murmur, shush, Bronx cheer, blow, boo, buzz, catcall, condemn, contempt, damn, decry, deride, derision, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp, raspberry, revile, ridicule, rustle, seethe, shout down, shrill, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siss, spit, susurrate, taunt, wheeze, whirr, whistle, whiz
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