Sibilate
121frizzle — I v 1. friz, crinkle, scallop, ripple, corrugate; crisp, crimp, crape; curl, turn up, wave, flip. n 2. curl, twist, roll, coil, crinkle; ringlet, curlicue, lovelock. II v 1. sizzle, sputter, hiss, sibilate, fizz, fizzle, effervesce, popple. 2.… …
122hiss — n 1. hissing, sibilation, sibilance, buzz, fizzle, whiz, whistle, wheeze, whisper. 2. derision, mockery, outcry, clamor, hue and cry; catcall, jeer, hoot, Sl. razz, Sl. raspberry, Sl.Bronx cheer; mock, taunt, scoff, fleer, sneer, flout, twit,… …
123lisp — n 1. sibilation, sibilance, assibilation, indistinct speech, Inf. baby talk; hiss, hissing, siss, siss ing, shush, shushing, hush, hushing, sizzle, sizzling, fizz, fizzing; speech impediment or defect, Pathol. dyslexia, lisping. v 2. sibilate,… …
124rustle — v 1. swish, whisper, whoosh, susurrate, sibilate; crinkle, tinkle, ripple; swash, plash. 2. move, stir, sway, agitate, flutter, wave, flap. 3.U.S. Informal. poach, abduct, plunder, kidnap, pirate; steal, purloin, filch, Sl. lift, Sl. liberate. 4 …
125swish — v 1. whish, whoosh, whiz, whistle, hiss, sibilate, whir, hum, buzz. 2. rustle, swoosh, sough, sigh, whisper, murmur. 3. swirl around, move around, stir around, agitate, swash around; splash, swash, dash against, wash, lap. 4. flourish, brandish,… …
126whisper — v 1. murmur, breathe, sigh, Literary. suspire; mutter, mumble; sibilate, hiss, rustle, sough; buzz, hum, drone. 2. divulge, disclose, reveal; intimate, hint, insinuate; rumor, bruit, tell, breathe a word, blab, gossip, Inf. open one s mouth. n 3 …
127buzz — [n1] droning sound drone, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hum, murmur, purr, ring, ringing, sibilation, whir, whisper; concept 595 buzz [n2] gossip comment, cry, grapevine*, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper; concept… …
128fizz — [v] bubble buzz, effervesce, fizzle, froth, hiss, seethe, sibilate, simmer, sparkle, sputter, whisper, whoosh; concept 469 Ant. be flat …
