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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh);
[syn: sibilant, sibilant consonant]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then');
[syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sibilant \Sib"i*lant\, a. [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of
   sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.]
   Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound;
   hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary
   sounds. -- n. A sibiliant letter.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sibilant
    adj 1: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
           constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both
           `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant,
           sibilant, spirant, strident]
    n 1: a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
         [syn: sibilant, sibilant consonant]