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SA

UK/ˈɛs.eɪ/

SA is the abbreviation of sinoatrial.

SA is the abbreviation of straight-acting.

SA is the initialism of sexual abuse.

SA is the initialism of sexual assault.

SA is the initialism of sex appeal.

SA is the initialism of special agent.

Meaning of sinoatrial

Adjective

sinoatrial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the venous sinus and the right atrium of the heart.
    • sinoatrial block; sinoatrial node
    Synonyms:
    SA, sinoauricular

Meaning of straight-acting

Adjective

straight-acting (comparative more straight-acting, superlative most straight-acting)

  1. (potentially offensive) Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians.

Verb

SA (third-person singular simple present SAs or SA's, present participle SAing or SA'ing, simple past and past participle SAed or SA'd or SA'ed)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To sexually assault (someone).
    • This time CPS did really investigate a lot more thoroughly, and the CPS worker said that she believes Allison was SA'ed by her dad, but that the role of CPS is to *remove children from abusive homes* and since Allison does not live in the abusive home, the duty falls to me to go thru the family...1995 March 9, Cindi, “no evidence that a crime was committed”, in alt.sexual.abuse.recovery (Usenet)
    • Remind me of that night and while I threw away the clothes I was SA'd in,, the clothes I wore to be around him make me feel gross too and2017 July 14, @princesse_peche, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2024

Noun capitalized: Sa

Sa (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Saturday.

Proper noun capitalized: Sa

Sa

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Samuel.
  2. A language of Vanuatu

Forms of SA

Noun
pluralSAs
Verb
third-person singular presentSAs
third-person singular presentSA's
present participleSAing
present participleSA'ing
past participleSAed
pastSAed
past participleSA'd
pastSA'd
past participleSA'ed
pastSA'ed

Phrases with SA

Words that rhyme with SA

Questions about SA

What does SA mean?
SA means to sexually assault (someone).
What is SA the abbreviation of?
SA is the abbreviation of sinoatrial.
What part of speech is SA?
SA can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce SA?
SA is pronounced /ˈɛs.eɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of SA?
The past tense of SA is SAed.

Words near SA in the dictionary

  1. S3
  2. S3&K
  3. s3x
  4. s620
  5. s620s
  6. SA
  7. Sa Huỳnh
  8. Sa Kaeo
  9. SA node
  10. SA nodes
  11. sa'alik

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: SA (page history and authors); Sa (page history and authors); sinoatrial (page history and authors); straight-acting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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