Sibilant

What do we mean by sibilant?

Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh). adjective

A sibilant speech sound, such as English (s), (sh), (z), or (zh). noun

Hissing; making or having a hissing sound: as, s and z are sibilant letters.

An alphabetic sound that is uttered with hissing, as s and z, and sh and zh (in azure, etc.), also ch (tsh) and j (dzh). noun

Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing. adjective

Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash or surge. adjective

A hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'. noun

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') adjective

A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) noun

A consonant having a hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.

Step sis or step bro or both Urban Dictionary

Sibilance is the sound someone makes when saying words that make the tongue push air through the front of the teeth, such as "zip" "jeep" "ship" and "chip". It can also refer to the non-word sounds that someone would make when getting someone's attention ("Ssst!") or telling one to be quiet ("shhhh!"). Urban Dictionary

The noise a queef makes. Urban Dictionary

A Brother or Sister. Or Many of them (Sibilings) Urban Dictionary

A strong relationship with a sibling Urban Dictionary

The word Sibling spelled incorrectly. Urban Dictionary

Characterized by a hissing sound, usually applied to speech. Urban Dictionary

Hissing. To hiss. A mean or subtile hiss at someone or something. The tone of the hiss depends on your mood. Urban Dictionary

A cool coffee man who has mustache Urban Dictionary

A word used to test microphones. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to sibilant:
sibilant, shibilant, vigilant, jubilant, sibilants, simulant, sibilance, libelant, sibila, sibilancy, sibilate, sublant.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sibilant:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe sibilant:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective sibilant:
sound, sounds, rales, whisper, hiss, voice, rhonchi, whispers, consonants, voices, rale, murmur, rhonchus, breathing, breath, note, fricatives, noise, tones, whispering, harmony, words, hissing, whistle, speech, sigh, quality, letters, fricative, accent, chorus, tone, tongue, song, character, language, threat, phoneme, whisperings, notes, cry, noises, distortion, distortions, production, phonemes, name, rush, intake, articulation, word, syllables, suffix, wind, letter, hisses, undertone, rustle, respiration, response, clusters, wheeze, accents, chirps, consonant, warning, dialect, series, roar, rdles, spanish, breaths, russian, hush, music, pronunciation, call, lisp, release, attachment, silence, laugh, hissings, inspiration, english, prefix, protest, distinction, voicing, rise, rustling, alphabet, ecstasy.

Words that sound like sibilant:
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