hizz

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪz

Verb

hizz (third-person singular simple present hizzes, present participle hizzing, simple past and past participle hizzed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To hiss.
    • c. 1605–1606, Shakespeare, William, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 6:
      To have a thousand with red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em!
    • 1656, Cowley, Abraham, The Ecstasy:
      The Wheels and Horses Hoofs hizzd as they past them ore.
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