SIBILATE
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)
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
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
Meaning:
Express or utter with a hiss
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
sizz; siss; sibilate; hiss
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
Meaning:
Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
hiss; siss; sizz; sibilate
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