Definition of Sibilance. Sibilance is a literary device where strongly stressed consonants are created deliberately by producing air from vocal tracts through the use of lips and tongue. Such consonants produce hissing sounds.
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Noun. 1. handbook-a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location. enchiridion, vade mecum. book of facts, reference book, reference work, reference-a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic.. (Journalism & Publishing) a reference book listing brief facts on a subject or place or directions for maintenance or repair, as of a car: a tourists' handbook.