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sibilate

[ sib-uh-leyt ]

verb (used without object)

sibilated, sibilating.
  1. to hiss.


verb (used with object)

sibilated, sibilating.
  1. to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.

sibilate

/ ˈɪɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to pronounce or utter (words or speech) with a hissing sound
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·tDz noun
  • i·tǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sibilate1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin īٳܲ (past participle of ī “to hiss”); sibilant, -ate 1
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So how is it that some psychopaths sibilate their way through life as liver-chomping, chianti-swilling monsters, while others are high achievers?

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And when I walk amid the foliage of these autumn days, it begins to quarrel with an excitable sibilating duck: “It’s rabbit season!”

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No papers were asked for either at the Customs' station, some hundred yards farther on; but the Carabineros looked upon me as a lunatic, and significantly sibilated.

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And there he sits, meditating over Carlyle’s crepitating fire and Rousseau’s writhing, sibilating flame.

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"Answer me!" sibilated the stranger, his brows darkening beneath the wide brim of the hat, and a gleam of fire showing in his eyes.

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