sibilate
verb
sib·i·late ˈsi-bə-ˌlāt 
sibilated; sibilating
intransitive verb
1
: hiss
2
: to utter an initial sibilant : prefix an \\s\\-sound
transitive verb
1
: hiss
2
: to pronounce with an initial sibilant : prefix an \\s\\-sound to
sibilation
ˌsi-bə-ˈlā-shən
noun 
Word History
Etymology
Latin sibilatus, past participle of sibilare
First Known Use
circa 1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
- cyclone cellar
- cyclone cellars
- cyclone center
- cyclone fence
- cyclone plant
- cyclones
- cyclonic
- cyclonic region
- cyclonic storm
- cyclonically
- cycloniccer
- cycloniccest
- cyclonicer
- cyclonicest
- cyclonite
- cyclooctatetraene
- cycloolefin
- cycloolefinic
- cycloolefins
- cyclooxygenase
- cyclopaedia
- cyclopaedias
- cyclopaedist
- cycloparaffin
- cycloparaffins