hizz

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See also: hízz

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪz

Verb

hizz (third-person singular simple present hizzes, present participle hizzing, simple past and past participle hizzed)

(obsolete, intransitive) To hiss.
- c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6:
  To have a thousand with red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em!
- 1656, Abraham Cowley, The Ecstasy:
  The Wheels and Horses Hoofs hizzd as they past them ore.