What does sibilate mean?
To make a hissing or sibilant sound, or to utter words with a hissing or sibilant sound. In phonetics, to pronounce a sound with the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, causing a hissing or sibilant effect.
Example
"The snake sibilated as it slithered through the grass."
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