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hiss verb To whistle at and motion to (a dog) so as to put it on the track of a hunted animal; to signal (a dog) to attack (game).

1926 Hunnicutt Twenty Years 93 When I got down to the creek where the bear had rolled I “hissed” the bulldog and he took hold of it. 1939 Hall Coll (Deep Creek NC) I patted him and muched him and hissed him, and he went right on back and commenced barkin’ up the tree. 1970 Hunting Stories 81 He kep' lookin' on where th'bear had been, an' said directly he stuck his fingers down an' hissed his dog an' said, "Get 'im boy!”