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hiss someone off (of the stage) Fig. [for the audience] to hiss and drive a performer off the stage. The boys in the front row tried to hiss her off the stage. The audience, angry with the quality of the singers, tried to hiss them all off. hiss something out Fig. to say something with a hissing voice, usually in anger or disgust. The disgusted manager hissed his appraisal out. He hissed out his criticism. See also: out hiss at someone or something 1. [for a reptile] to make a hissing sound as a warning. The snake hissed at me. Otherwise I wouldn't have known it was there. The lizard hissed at the snake. 2. [for someone] to make a hissing sound at someone to show disapproval. The audience hissed at the performer, who was not all that bad. They hissed at all three acts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The movie, which is not for the reptile-phobic, uses 500 real snakes on the jet set, where the hissers outnumber the humans about 5 to 1. But it was Hisser the giant python - the biggest of several snakes brought by Alan and Carolyn Carlson - that most impressed the 4-year-old from Moorpark. |
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