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1) (to make) a hissing sound (as when gas escapes from a liquid) (fizz)

2) (to make) the hissing sound (as if) of something cooking in fat (sizzle)

3) (to cause something) to move through the air with a hissing or brushing sound (swish)

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Meaning:
purl

a basic way of knitting into the front of each stitch

acoustical noise

HISSING as in Wiktionary
HISSING as in Wikipedia