siss

See also: Siss

English

Etymology

From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.

Noun

siss (plural sisses)

1. (colloquial) A hissing noise.

Verb

siss (third-person singular simple present sisses, present participle sissing, simple past and past participle sissed)

1. (colloquial, intransitive) To make a hissing sound.

   a flat-iron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger

Derived terms

• sizzle

References

• “siss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• SSIS, SSIs, SSSI

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian шиш (šiš, “thief, vagabond”). Cognate to Finnish sissi.

Noun

siss (genitive sissi, partitive sissi)

1. partisan, guerilla
2. war-time thief

Declension

Declension of siss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		siss	sissid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sissi
genitive			sisside
partitive		sissi	sisse sissisid
illative		sissi sississe	sissidesse sissesse
inessive		sissis	sissides sisses
elative		sissist	sissidest sissest
allative		sissile	sissidele sissele
adessive		sissil	sissidel sissel
ablative		sissilt	sissidelt sisselt
translative		sissiks	sissideks sisseks
terminative		sissini	sissideni
essive		sissina	sissidena
abessive		sissita	sissideta
comitative		sissiga	sissidega

Derived terms

• sissisõda