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sibilant

adjective

  1. having or making a hissing sound
  2. Phonet. articulated with such a sound, as (s), (z), (s̸h), (z̸h), (c̸h), and (j)

noun

a sibilant consonant: a type of fricative

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See sibilant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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