The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HISS
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More clues leading to the result HISS
- Urgently whisper part of this speech
- Goose welcomes being with ganders finally
- Derisive noise that man’s trousers initially smothered
- Express disapproval as hand is seen stroking tops
- Noise from one scoffing? That man’s getting seconds
- Sound of gas escaping that man’s son
- Audible disapproval, some of which is savage
- That man’s hiding small sound of gas escaping
- Audible disapproval in church is sacrilegious
- Derisive exclamation greeting Schutzstaffel
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The straight part
We know that "Sound of gas escaping" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sound of gas escaping = hiss.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HISS mean?
HISS noun- A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
- An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
- To make a hissing sound.
- To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
- To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
- To move with a hissing sound.
- To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
- To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.