sibilant+sound
31assibilate — assibilation, n. /euh sib euh layt /, v., assibilated, assibilating. Phonet. v.t. 1. to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds. v.i. 2. to change by assibilation. 3. to become a sibilant or a sound… …
32Whisper — Whis per, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid… …
33whisper — I. verb (whispered; whispering) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwisperian; akin to Old High German hwispalōn to whisper, Old Norse hvīsla more at whistle Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to speak softly with little or… …
34whispering — I. noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. whispered speech b. gossip, rumor 2. a sibilant sound ; whisper II. adjective Date: 1547 1. making a …
35hiss — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (of a person, snake, goose, etc.) make a sharp sibilant sound, esp. as a sign of disapproval or derision (audience booed and hissed; the water hissed on the hotplate). 2 tr. express disapproval of (a person etc.) by hisses. 3… …
36Archaic Greek alphabets — Greek alphabet Αα Alpha Νν Nu Ββ Beta …
37Literary consonance — Consonance is a stylistic device, often used in poetry characterized by the repetition of two or more consonants using different vowels, for example, the i and a followed by the tter sound in pitter patter. It repeats the consonant sounds but not …
38sibilantly — adverb /ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt.li/ With a hissing or sibilant sound. See Also: sibilant …
39sibilance — noun a) A sibilant sound. b) The state of being sibilant …
40siffle — ˈsifəl intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English siflen, from Middle French siffler, sifler, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin sifilare, from Latin sibilare to hiss, whistle more at sibilant : to blow or speak with a sibilant sound :… …
