tss

See also: TSS

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

tss

  1. A hissing sound.
    • 1964, Felix Vincent Lategan, ‎Michael Wallendorf Smuts, ‎Hymne Weiss, Afrikaans Short Stories (page 173)
      When the woman held the sausage over the open fire, the drops of fat went tss-tsss on the coals and the flames turned a lovely blue colour.
    • 2011, Dianne Hofmeyr, Eye of the Moon:
      "Tss tss!" the girl hissed softly through her teeth. The monkey turned, leaped directly onto her shoulder, and gazed around []
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