SIBILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sibilate mean? 

• SIBILATE (verb)
  The verb SIBILATE has 4 senses:

1. pronounce with an initial sibilant

2. utter a sibilant

3. express or utter with a hiss

4. make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

  Familiarity information: SIBILATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIBILATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pronounce with an initial sibilant

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sibilate" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

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

sibilation (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter a sibilant

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sibilate" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sibilate"):

assibilate (insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

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

sibilation (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express or utter with a hiss

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz

Hypernyms (to "sibilate" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

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

sibilation (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz

Hypernyms (to "sibilate" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

sibilation (a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval))