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Hissing


HISS'ING, participle present tense Making the noise of serpents.

HISS'ING, noun A hissing sound; an expression of scorn or contempt.

1. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

I will make this city desolate, and a hissing Jeremiah 19:8.