HISS'ING, participle present tense Making the noise of serpents. HISS'ING, noun A hissing sound; an expression of scorn or contempt. 1. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. I will make this city desolate, and a hissing Jeremiah 19:8.
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