sh
interjection
(used to urge silence.)
sh
1 American
[sh]
/ ʃ /
Or
shh
interjection
sh.
2
American
abbreviation
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sheep.
-
Bookbinding. sheet.
-
shilling; shillings.
sh
1
British
/ ʃʃʃ /
interjection
sh
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of sh
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Invesco predicts the annual expense ratio of the fund will decrease 20 basis points after the change, from .20 to .18, which it says will save sh nearly $70 million in aggregate.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025
Although the sound changed pronunciation over time, there are still vestiges of the sh sound for x in Portuguese, as well as in Mexican Spanish and its use in native place names.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 10, 2023
However, sh returned a series of positive tests late on Saturday and has been placed in isolation.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022
The beginning ch sound is "sh," as in Chicago.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2021
Sh, sh went the water as it rushed along the banks.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
“Sh, sh. Don’t, don’t. You didn’t mean it It ain’t your fault. Sh. Sh. Come on, le’s go, Sula. Come on, now. Was he there? Did he see? Where’s the belt to your dress?”
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
Payed for Heylin's Cosmographie, 22 sh. and 6 pence.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord
He puts a cottager's earnings, working part-time for a farmer, at about 10 sh. a week.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
It is possible to forbid advertising programmes because the costs are met by a tax of 10 sh. a year levied on the possession of a radio set.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
Fig. 94.—A, cross-section of the stem of the shepherd’s-purse, including a fibro-vascular bundle, × 150. ep. epidermis. m, ground tissue. sh. bundle sheath. ph. phloem. xy. xylem. tr. a vessel.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
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