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sibilant
Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
💬 Quotations
She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound. "S-s-s Grace," she said, "it's just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. 'S-s-s Brother Hutson,' I said, 'looks like we're fighting a losing battle, a losing battle.' I said."
The still air became pregnant with a thousand sounds of sibilant whispers moaning faintly through the forest.
(phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
📑 Synonyms:
groove fricative
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