Overview of noun sibilant

The noun sibilant has 1 sense

• sibilant, sibilant consonant -- (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))

Overview of adj sibilant

The adj sibilant has 1 sense

• fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident -- (of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'))