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Hirs vs Hiss - What's the difference?

hirs | hiss |

As a pronoun hirs

is (neologism) that which belongs to hir, theirs (singular).

As a noun hiss is

a high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.

As a verb hiss is

to make a hissing sound.

hirs

English

Pronoun

  • (neologism) That which belongs to hir, theirs (singular).
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1997-07-01 , title = Star Trek New Frontier (Book 1) , first = Peter , last = David , author = David, Peter , authorlink = Peter David , publisher = Simon & Schuster , isbn = 9780671013950 , passage = S/he leaned forward and, to Selar's surprise, took the doctor's hand firmly between hirs . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2000 , title = Renaissance , series = Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur
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    • , first = Peter , last = David , author = David, Peter , authorlink = Peter David , publisher = Simon & Schuster , isbn = 0743422260 , page = 157 , passage = She saw that Burgoyne was hefting hirs experimentally, sweeping it through the air. twirled it around a few times, swung it back and forth. , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=oSvCkiIzTOEC&pg=PA157 }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2006-03-22 , title = Drag King Dreams , first = Leslie , last = Feinberg , author = Feinberg, Leslie , publisher = Carroll & Graf , location = New York , isbn = 978-0786717637 , id = , lccn = 2006297545 , page = 205 , passage = Ze'' takes my right hand in ''hirs and folds it into a fist. }}

    Synonyms

    * (singular) theirs * (neologism) eirs

    Hyponyms

    * his, hers

    Usage notes

    See usage notes for hir.

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

    hiss

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.
  • An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.

    • Verb

  • To make a hissing sound.
    • As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
    The arrow hissed through the air.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Shod with steel, / We hissed along the polished ice.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=John Elkington , title=John Elkington , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It turns out that the driver of the red Ferrari that caused the crash wasn't, as I first guessed, a youngster, but a 60-year-old. Clearly, he had energy to spare, which was more than could be said about a panel I listened to around the same time as the crash. Indeed, someone hissed in my ear during a First Magazine awards ceremony in London's imposing Marlborough House on 7 December: "What we need is more old white men on the stage."}}
  • To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
  • * Bible, Ezekiel xxvii. 36
    • The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
  • * Shakespeare
    • if the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them
  • To utter with a hissing sound.
  • * Tennyson
    • the long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise