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adjectiveof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
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nouna consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
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Definition that contains sibilant
- whoosh move with a sibilant sound
- whish make a sibilant sound
- woosh move with a sibilant sound
- assibilate insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
- sibilate utter a sibilant
- sibilation pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
- assibilation pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
- assibilation the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant
- assibilate change into a sibilant
- sibilate pronounce with an initial sibilant