hizzv.
/hɪz/ Now rare.
intransitive. To make a hissing or whizzing noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [verb (intransitive)]
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1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 12 To haue a thousand with red burning spits come hiszing in vpon them. View more context for this quotation
1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. xiii. 388 If we spit upon..metals..heated.. they will make the spittle hizze and bubble.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 307 Hearing Bullets hizzing about his Ears.
1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist vii. 110 The otter, polecat, stoat, and weasel, have a knack of blowing or hizzing when suddenly come upon.
Derivatives
ˈhizzing n. and adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun]
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective]
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 Three watrye clowds shymring toe the craft they rampyred hizing.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 167 To passe amid the hizzing bullets.
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