Sibilant (adjective)

Making or characterized by a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh).

Origin:

Late latin sibilare, from latin sibilare 'to hiss'.

Examples:

1. The wind blowing through the trees produced a sibilant noise.
2. The snake's sibilant warning made me stop in my tracks.
3. The sibilant whispers of the two conspirators were barely audible.
4. Sibilant speech sounds can be produced in several ways.
5. In linguistics, sibilant consonants are fricatives or affricates pronounced with a high-pitched hissing sound.