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单词 fissle
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Definition of fissle in English:

fissle

verb ˈfɪs(ə)l
[no object]Irish, Scottish
  • Make a rustling sound.

    straw fissled in the darkness
    with object people who fissle sweet wrappers at the intense moments of a film
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lady to my left is fissling her sandwiches open and munching away noisily.
    • The banner fissled and slapped on the roof.
    • The sweet munchers and chatterers were out in force, loudly fissling their way through the evening.
    • He heard a fissling noise beneath him and wondered what it was.
    • I heard the almost inaudible fissling that told of visitors round the fire.
    • There are few things more aggravating on a perfectly quiet hill than the noise of one's own legs, encased in synthetic fibres, fissling like crisp packets.

Origin

Early 18th century: imitative of the sound (compare with fizzle).

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