Definition of sibilant
English to English adjective - Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
source: Webster 1913 noun - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
source: WordNet 3.0 adjective satellite - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
source: WordNet 3.0
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sibilant, supplant, suppliant, supplyant, splent, sifflement, sexivalent, sublimated, sheep plant, sufflaminate, supplyment, sexavalent, splaymouth, splaymouthed, spleened, splenoid, sublimed, saw palmetto
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