hisser
Disapproving audience member
A hisser is something that hisses—makes a sharp, sustained sound like escaping steam or an angry cat.
The term often appears with Madagascar hissing cockroaches, large insects that produce a distinctive hissing sound.
A hisser can also be a person who hisses in disapproval: The play had its admirers and its hissers.
Cunning, limbless reptile
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- viperFanged toxic serpent
- cobraHooded venomous serpent
- pythonNonvenomous squeezing snake
rattlesnake · mamba · adder · asp · boa · anaconda · constrictor · slither
Shout to startle or jeer
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
- catcallHarassing shout or whistle
- heckleHarass a performer verbally
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
derision · mockery · disapproval · contempt · disdain · displeasure · dissatisfaction · rebuke
Spouted vessel for heating water
- radiatorHeat transfer device
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- valveFluid flow controller
- pressureForce upon contact
boiler · teapot · vent · steam · leak · release · geyser · espresso machine
serpent
Cunning, limbless reptile
python · rattlesnake · mamba · adder · asp · boa · anaconda · constrictor · slither · scales
boo
Shout to startle or jeer
scorn · derision · mockery · disapproval · contempt · disdain · displeasure · dissatisfaction · rebuke · censure
kettle
Spouted vessel for heating water
pressure · boiler · teapot · vent · steam · leak · release · geyser · espresso machine · iron
cat
Small furry housepet
- arched backSpine bent upward
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- territorialDefensive about owned space
cornered · defensive · feral · tomcat · alley cat · bristling · agitated · warning
whisper
Speech without full voice
- sizzleSound of frying
- fizzBubbly hissing sound
- susurrationSoft whispering noise
shush · swish · whoosh · sibilance · lisp · fricative · soft · breathy · drawn-out · speech
- hissy fitDramatic temper tantrum
- boo hissVocal audience rejection
- tape hissHigh-frequency recording interference
- hissing cockroachInsect producing breath-like sounds
- hissing cockroachesInsects producing breath sounds