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Definition of sibilation : Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

Synonyms:

flop, assibilation, bird, hoot, hushing, bust, hissing, fizzle, razzing, raspberry, razz, boo

sniffle, lisp, wheeze, sputter, rhonchus, hiss, whisper, snuffle, whistle, whiz, whoosh, zip, sizzle, snort, snore, buzz, whir

Usage examples:

• A hissing conversation it is true, but not unmodulated or without considerable variety in it; a long sibilation would be followed by distinctly- heard ticking sounds, as of a husky- ticking clock, and after ten or twenty or thirty ticks another hiss, like a long expiring sigh, sometimes with a tremble in it as of a dry leaf swiftly vibrating in the wind. - "Far Away and Long Ago", W. H. Hudson.
• S. S has a hissing sound, as sibilation, sister. - "A Grammar of the English Tongue", Samuel Johnson.
• The oats hung their curved heads of little pendulous bells, and gave out a low murmuring sibilation- its only lament that its day was over, and sun and wind no more for it. - "Alec Forbes of Howglen", George MacDonald.