different between hiss vs snort
hiss
English
Etymology
From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle Dutch hissen, hisschen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
hiss (plural hisses)
- A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act III, Scene 2,[1]
- Their music frightful as the serpent’s hiss,
- And boding screech-owls make the concert full!
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 6, lines 212-213,[2]
- […] over head the dismal hiss
- Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew,
- 1717, John Dryden (translator), Ovid’s Metamorphoses, London: Jacob Tonson, Book 13, “The Story of Acis, Polyphemus and Galatea,” p. ,[3]
- A hundred Reeds, of a prodigious Growth,
- Scarce made a Pipe, proportion’d to his Mouth:
- Which, when he gave it Wind, the Rocks around,
- And watry Plains, the dreadful Hiss resound.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Chapter 31,[4]
- […] his form was soon covered over by the twilight as his footsteps mixed in with the low hiss of the leafy trees.
- 1951, William Styron, Lie Down in Darkness, New York: Vintage, 1992, Chapter 6, p. 292,[5]
- Her voice was a hiss, like gas escaping from a bottle of soda.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act III, Scene 2,[1]
- An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
- 1583, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments, Volume 2, Part 2, London: John Day, 4th edition, “The Oration of Byshop Brookes in closing vp this examination agaynst Doctour Cranmer Archbishop of Caunterbury,” p. 1878,[6]
- […] in open disputations ye haue bene openly conuict, ye haue bene openly driuen out of the schole with hisses […]
- 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder, 16 April, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, pp. 203-204,[7]
- The Actors, in the midst of an innocent old Play, are often startled with unexpected Claps or Hisses; and do not know whether they have been talking like good Subjects, or have spoken Treason.
- 1869, Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad, Chapter 29,[8]
- Once or twice she was encored five and six times in succession, and received with hisses when she appeared, and discharged with hisses and laughter when she had finished—then instantly encored and insulted again!
- 1583, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments, Volume 2, Part 2, London: John Day, 4th edition, “The Oration of Byshop Brookes in closing vp this examination agaynst Doctour Cranmer Archbishop of Caunterbury,” p. 1878,[6]
Derived terms
- hissy
- plasmaspheric hiss
Translations
Verb
hiss (third-person singular simple present hisses, present participle hissing, simple past and past participle hissed)
- (intransitive) To make a hissing sound.
- As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
- 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, London: Willyam Seres, Book 12, p. 152,[9]
- And in his wound the seared blood did make a gréeuous sound,
- As when a peece of stéele red who tane vp with tongs is drownd
- In water by the smith, it spirts and hisseth in the trowgh.
- 1797, Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 7, p. 236,[10]
- The man came back, and said something in a lower voice, to which the other replied, “she sleeps,” or Ellena was deceived by the hissing consonants of some other words.
- 1995, Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Chapter 10, p. 487,[11]
- The frying pan hissed and sizzled as Ishvar gently slid ping-pong sized balls into the glistening oil.
- (transitive, intransitive) To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2,[12]
- If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them, as they use to do the players in the theatre, I am no true man.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Ezekiel 27.36,[13]
- The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee […]
- 1793, Elizabeth Inchbald, Every One Has His Fault, London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Prologue,[14]
- The Play, perhaps, has many things amiss:
- Well, let us then reduce the point to this,
- Let only those that have no failings, hiss.
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 145,[15]
- As the culprits went through the town and plantations they were laughed at, hissed, and hooted by the slaves […]
- 1961, Walker Percy, The Moviegoer, New York: Ivy Books, 1988, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 38,[16]
- How well I remember, her stepmother told her, the days when we Wagnerians used to hiss old Brahms—O for the rapturous rebellious days of youth.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2,[12]
- (transitive) To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
- 1761, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, London: William Flexney, p. 7,[17]
- Lies oft o’erthrown with ceaseless Venom spread,
- Still hiss out Scandal from their Hydra Head,
- 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Maud” in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Moxon, p. 20,[18]
- […] the long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise […]
- 2012, Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies, New York: Henry Holt, Part 2, “Master of Phantoms,”
- All day from the queen’s rooms, shouting, slamming doors, running feet: hissed conversations in undertones.
- 1761, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, London: William Flexney, p. 7,[17]
- (intransitive) To move with a hissing sound.
- The arrow hissed through the air.
- 1718, Alexander Pope (translator), The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintott, Volume 4, Book 15, lines 690-691, p. 192,[20]
- The Troops of Troy recede with sudden Fear,
- While the swift Javelin hiss’d along in Air.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, “Influence of Natural Objects” in Poems by William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Volume 1, p. 46,[21]
- All shod with steel
- We hissed along the polished ice […]
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Chapter ,[22]
- All the preceding afternoon and night heavy thunderstorms had hissed down upon the meads, and washed some of the hay into the river […]
- 1997, Annie Proulx, “Brokeback Mountain” in Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories, London: Harper Perennial, 2005, p. 283,[23]
- Ennis del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames.
- (transitive) To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
- 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 72,[24]
- The man in white pyjamas hissed soda into his glass.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking, Chapter 26, p. 500,[25]
- The radiator bubbled and hissed steam.
- 1976, Ira Levin, The Boys from Brazil, New York: Dell, 1977, Part 1, p. 16,[26]
- He hissed air intently through a gap in his upper teeth.
- 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 72,[24]
- (transitive) To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.
Derived terms
- boo hiss
- hissable
- hiss-and-tell
- hisser
- hissing hot
Translations
See also
- hizz
Anagrams
- IHSS, Shis
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic ????? (?iss). Compare to Turkish his.
Noun
hiss (definite accusative hissi, plural hissl?r)
- feeling, sensation
- Synonym: duy?u
Spelling note
The final double consonant in Azerbaijani nouns is usually reduced in the locative and ablative singular and plural; hiss and küll are exceptions to this rule, as they would otherwise be confused with his and kül ( “Az?rbaycan dilind? hans? sözl?rin yaz?l???n?n d?yi??c?yi aç?qlan?b”, in Report.az?[28], January 2018).
Declension
Derived terms
- hiss etm?k (“to feel”)
German
Pronunciation
Verb
hiss
- singular imperative of hissen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of hissen
Middle English
Pronoun
hiss
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From h +? -iss.
Noun
hiss m (definite singular hissen, indefinite plural hissar, definite plural hissane)
- (music) B-sharp
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
hiss c
- elevator, lift
Declension
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snort
English
Etymology
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, probably related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sn??t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Noun
snort (plural snorts)
- The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco).
- (slang) A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
- 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.
- 1978, George G. Gilman, Edge: Red River, Pinnacle Books (1978), ?ISBN, page 45:
- "It won't buy you any wine," Paxton told him.
- "I know that," the drunk replied in an insulted tone. "It's a pussy pass, ain't it?"
- Paxton grinned wearily. "How would you know that? You'd rather have a snort than a screw any day."
- 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- (nautical, Britain) A submarine snorkel.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
snort (third-person singular simple present snorts, present participle snorting, simple past and past participle snorted)
- (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
- She snorted with laughter.
- (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.
- He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.
- (transitive, slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
- to snort cocaine
- (intransitive, obsolete) To snore.
- (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.
Synonyms
- (inhale through the nose): insufflate
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ronts, trons
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
snort
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of snorren
- (archaic) plural imperative of snorren
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