n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
(n) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval), Syn. sibilation, fizzle, hissing, hushing, Example:the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
[ちゅうしんぐら, chuushingura] (n) (See 浄瑠璃) performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748)#12314