hiss

Survivors describe the sound of a tsunami as everything from a deafening rumble to a rasping hiss.

My fellow Egyptians hiss, curse, and threaten them as they walk by, but it doesn’t seem to bother them.

The couple was on call for a small but fast-growing rodent who hissed when annoyed and cried when lonely:

As water flooded the station, fires were washed out and steam hissed into the air.

A symphonic mix of an espresso machine’s hiss, a ravenous juicer’s whir and ebullient Spanish welcomed me at my new favorite, Las Olas Cafe.