Hiss
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Hiss may refer to: a noise made by angry or frustrated animals, such as cats, birds, snakes, etc.

People

  • Alger Hiss
    Alger Hiss
    Alger Hiss was an American lawyer, government official, author, and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and U.N. official...

     (1904–1996), U.S. State Department employee and a Soviet spy
  • Donald Hiss
    Donald Hiss
    -Biography:Donald Hiss was born on December 15, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School....

     (1906–1989), younger brother of Alger Hiss
  • King Hiss, the villainous king of the Snake Men in Mattel toyline Masters of the Universe
  • Mike Hiss
    Mike Hiss
    Mike Hiss is a former driver in the USAC Championship Car series. He raced in the 1972-1976 seasons, with 28 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1972-1975. He finished in the top ten 13 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1972 at Ontario...

     (born 1941), former driver in the USAC Championship Car series
  • Sir Hiss, Prince John's fictional sidekick in the 1973 animated Disney movie Robin
  • Hissing Sid
  • Yehuda Hiss
    Yehuda Hiss
    Yehuda Hiss is the chief pathologist at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine and has held this position since 1988...

    , chief pathologist at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine

Acronyms

  • H.I.S.S., High Speed Sentry, a fictional vehicle in the G.I. Joe universe
  • H.I.S.S., Honda
    Honda
    is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

     Ignition Security System

Animals

  • Snake
    Snake
    Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

    s, spiders, owl
    Owl
    Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...

    s, geese
    Goose
    The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....

    , cat
    Cat
    The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...

    s, and many other animals use hissing as a defense mechanism to deter would-be predators
    • Hissing Cockroach

Other

  • Tape hiss
    Tape hiss
    Tape hiss is the high frequency noise present on analogue magnetic tape recordings caused by the size of the magnetic particles used to make the tape. Effectively it is the noise floor of the recording medium. It can be reduced by the use of finer magnetic particles or by increasing the amount of...

    , high frequency noise present on analogue magnetic tape recordings
  • Electronic circuit hiss
    Electronic noise
    Electronic noise is a random fluctuation in an electrical signal, a characteristic of all electronic circuits. Noise generated by electronic devices varies greatly, as it can be produced by several different effects...

    , white noise present at low level in all electronic circuits
  • Hiss (electromagnetic)
    Hiss (electromagnetic)
    Electromagnetic hiss is a naturally occurring Extremely Low Frequency/Very Low Frequency electromagnetic wave that is generated in the plasma of either the Earth's ionosphere or magnetosphere...

    , an electromagnetic wave phenomenon
  • Hissing (manhwa)
    Hissing (manhwa)
    Hissing is a Korean manhwa series written and illustrated by Kang Eun-young. Originally serialized in the magazine Wink, Hissing was later released in 6 volumes between January 2004 and August 2005 by Seoul Cultural Publishers, Inc...

    , a Korean manhwa series by Kang EunYoung
  • The Hiss
    The Hiss
    The Hiss was a five piece rock band from Atlanta, Georgia.-Career:Adrian Barrera and Todd Galpin set their sights on Georgia after a lackluster music career in their homestate of Florida. They soon met up with Ian Franco, Milton Chapman and Johnny Kral and formed The Hiss. In March 2003 their self...

    , a five piece rock band from Atlanta, Georgia
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