1. [n]  a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
2. [n]  a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
3. [v]  show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
4. [v]  make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
5. [v]  express or utter with a hiss
6. [v]  move with a whooshing sound

1. \Hiss\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hissed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hissing}.] [AS. hysian; prob. of imitative origin?; cf. LG.
   hissen, OD. hisschen.]
   1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the
      letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the
      teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a
      goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound
      as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.
            The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
                                                  --Ezek. xxvii.
                                                  36.
   2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a
      sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.
            Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
   

2. \Hiss\, v. t.
   1. To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
            If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him,
            according as he pleased and displeased them. --Shak.
            Malcolm. What is the newest grief? Ros. That of an
            hour's age doth hiss the speaker.     --Shak.
   2. To utter with a hissing sound.
            The long-necked geese of the world that are ever
            hissing dispraise.                    --Tennyson.
   

3. \Hiss\, n.
   1. A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out
      the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token
      of disapprobation or contempt.
            ``Hiss'' implies audible friction of breath
            consonants.                           --H. Sweet.
            A dismal, universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn.
                                                  --Milton.
   2. Any sound resembling that above described; as:
      (a) The noise made by a serpent.
                But hiss for hiss returned with forked tongue.
                                                  --Milton.
      (b) The note of a goose when irritated.
      (c) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow
          orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
   

to express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1 Kings 9:8). Zechariah (10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them." This expression may be "derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving, or from the sound naturally made to attract a person's attention."