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shash

/ʃæʃ/

shash noun: the scarf of a turban.

Noun (1)

shash (plural shashes)

  1. (obsolete) The scarf of a turban.
    • So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh in Hebrevv, vvhence haply, that fine linen or ſilk is called Shaſhes vvorn at this day about the heads of eaſtern people.1650, Thomas Fuller, “The Land of Moriah”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams...
  2. (obsolete) A sash.

Noun (2)

shash (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”).
    • Even productions designed for office or home video viewing usually need a title sequence to mark off the empty tape, hiss and shash from the prepared recording […]1997, Paul Kriwaczek, Documentary for the Small Screen
    • No one sees shash now, but it was naked television. Shash was the term for those black-and-burst patterns that danced across the screen when there was nothing being broadcast.2012, Paul Farley, Michael Symmons Roberts, Edgelands: Journeys Into England's True Wilderness, page 159
    Synonyms:
    snow

Verb

shash (third-person singular simple present shashes, present participle shashing, simple past and past participle shashed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To produce white noise.
    • The machine shashed and crackled, broadcasting silence. Urgently the man repeated, 'Shearwater, Shearwater, Shearwater. This is Brewmarine. Keith speaking. Over. Over.' More shashing, more silence.2003, Libby Purves, Casting Off

Synonyms of shash

Forms of shash

Noun
pluralshashes
Verb
third-person singular presentshashes
present participleshashing
past participleshashed
pastshashed

Origin of shash

See sash.

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Words that rhyme with shash

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Questions about shash

What does shash mean?
Shash means the scarf of a turban.
What part of speech is shash?
Shash can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce shash?
Shash is pronounced /ʃæʃ/.
What is the plural of shash?
The plural of shash is shashes.

Words near shash in the dictionary

  1. Sharyn
  2. Sharyngol
  3. sharīf
  4. sharīfs
  5. shas
  6. shash
  7. Shashamane
  8. Shashank
  9. shashed
  10. shashes
  11. Shashi

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