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sh

sh is the alternative spelling of shh.

Meaning of shh

Interjection

  1. Demanding silence.
  2. Comforting one who is crying.

See all 4 meanings of shh

Noun (1) capitalized: SH

SH (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of self-harm.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of skeptical hypothesis.

Proper noun capitalized: SH

SH

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Schleswig-Holstein.

Noun (2) capitalized: Sh

Sh

  1. (India, abbreviation, alternative) Alternative form of Sh. Abbreviation of Shri.

Words formed from sh

Phrases with sh

Questions about sh

What is sh the alternative spelling of?
Sh is the alternative spelling of shh.
What part of speech is sh?
Sh can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near sh in the dictionary

  1. Sgts
  2. sgudal
  3. sgurr
  4. sgurrs
  5. Sgüüx̣s
  6. sh
  7. sh sound
  8. sh sounds
  9. sh!t
  10. sh!thole
  11. sh!ts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sh (page history and authors); SH (page history and authors); Sh (page history and authors); shh (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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