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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

assibilate, bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, coo, crow, drawl, effervesce, exclaim, fizz, fizzle, flute, gasp, growl, grunt, hiss, hush, keen, lilt, lisp, mumble, murmur, mutter, pant, pipe, roar, rumble, scream, screech, shriek, shush, sigh, sing, siss, sizz, sizzle, snap, snarl, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, sob, spit, splutter, sputter, squall, squash, squawk, squeal, squelch, squish, swish, thunder, trumpet, twang, wail, warble, wheeze, whine, whish, whisk, whisper, whistle, whiz, whoosh, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, zip

Dictionary Results for sibilate:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sibilate
    v 1: pronounce with an initial sibilant
    2: utter a sibilant
    3: express or utter with a hiss [syn: hiss, sizz, siss,
       sibilate]
    4: make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval [syn:
       hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sibilate \Sib"i*late\, v. t. & i.
   To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s;
   to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
   [1913 Webster]

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