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    sh
    interjection
    (used to urge silence.)
  • sh.
    sh.
    abbreviation
    sheep.

sh

1 American  
[sh] / ʃ /
Or shh

interjection

  1. (used to urge silence.)


sh. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. sheep.

  2. Bookbinding. sheet.

  3. shilling; shillings.


sh 1 British  
/ ʃʃʃ /

interjection

  1. an exclamation to request silence or quiet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sh 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. St Helena

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sh

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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Police said they had arrested a 30-year-old male suspect who they identified by the initials "E Sh", but Albanian media have named as Elvis Shkëmbi.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

The Frogs dropped two gut-wrenching games at the Sh Got Game Classic, losing against teams from Pennsylvania by two points apiece.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022

Sh said Demings’s response to police violence was inadequate.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2020

Sh estands on a fur rug and, in the crimson-tinged semi-darkness, uses her instrument, and a loop pedal, to create chamber pop backdrops for her gorgeous voice.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2016

Sh, sh went the water as it rushed along the banks.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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