Something that’s sibilant has a hissing sound, like when the librarian says, “Shhhhhhhh!”
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing;
Noun
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
Adjective S.
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'', `s'', `z'', or `th'' in both `thin'' and `then'')
a.
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound;
hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
n.
A sibiliant letter.
Sibilant
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing;
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