|  sibilate 
 
 1. pronounce with an initial sibilant
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sibilant, sibilation
 • Hypernyms:
 pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 2. utter a sibilant
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sibilant, sibilation
 • Hypernyms:
 utter, emit, let out, let loose
 • Hyponyms:
 assibilate
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 3. make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
 • Syn:
 hiss, siss, sizz
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sibilant, sibilation, hiss (for: hiss), hisser (for: hiss), hissing (for: hiss)
 • Hypernyms:
 utter, emit, let out, let loose
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 - Somebody ----s
 4. express or utter with a hiss
 • Syn:
 hiss, sizz, siss
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sibilation, sibilant, hiss (for: hiss), hissing (for: hiss)
 • Hypernyms:
 talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
 
 
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