hiss

Not a call of the wild, a roar or a hiss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The theater reopened this past weekend with “The Great Bank Robbery,” a 30-minute-plus show in which audiences are encouraged to boo, hiss and swoon over the characters, a Bird Cage tradition since 1954.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Play Under The Rain or Breathe Again and you'll hear a telltale hiss running throughout the tracks.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

A symphonic mix of an espresso machine’s hiss, a ravenous juicer’s whir and ebullient Spanish welcomed me at my new favorite, Las Olas Cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

You could hear it go in through his nose, and he pushed it out through his teeth so it sounded like a hiss.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

As the helium hisses out, the volunteers flatten the plastic skin, tucking in Snoopy’s ears or SpongeBob’s nose to prepare for the final roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

In North Africa and the Levant, it’s shakshuka: eggs poached in a rich, spiced tomato sauce that hisses when it hits the pan and settles into something molten and slow.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

Despite a few more eh-whatever feedback hisses than there should have been during the first half of the band’s set, Climate Pledge Arena has literally never sounded better than it did Tuesday.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

The only sounds definitively recorded from adult female ostriches were hisses.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024

He followed how the boy clicked his tongue like a snare, and timed his crisp hisses like sticks on brass hi-hats.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

The source of the stench was the canal itself, a stretch of sewage, chemicals and other unmentionables in “green water that hissed and bubbled like a witch’s cauldron.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

"You're not fit to wear the shirt," West Ham supporters hissed at their side following the visitors' 3-1 defeat against Newcastle United.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

When she poked her head outside to see what was going on, someone hissed at her to “get out of town.”

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026

The fat hissed in greeting, and within seconds the kitchen was filled with oregano’s scent.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025

They might have seen him as a threat, even if he only hissed ridiculously with his mouth hanging open.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

But one of the earliest signs may be something unexpected: a persistent ringing, buzzing, or hissing sound that no one else can hear.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise, so I asked a plumbing company to send someone over.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

One of my daughters and I once wanted to keep some Madagascar hissing cockroaches as pets, only to be vetoed by my wife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The flapping and hissing began as Turkey Vulture mounted the Speaking Stump.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth