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sos

/sɒs//ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/

sos is the plural of so.

Meaning of so

Noun (1)

so (plural sos)

  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
    1. Sometimes syllable for both the second and the fifth.

Noun (2)

so (uncountable)

  1. (foods) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and tenth centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.

See all 25 meanings of so

Interjection (1)

  1. (Internet, humorous, nonce-word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
    • she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr
    • Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr
    Synonyms:
    joj, sus

Noun (1) capitalized: SOS

SOS (plural SOS's or SOSes)

  1. The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.
    • The crew sent a frantic SOS as they realised the scale of the disaster.
    • "Look at wireless. Look at the S. O. S. call at sea. Is that not a benefit to mankind?"1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Noun (2) capitalized: SOS

SOS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Secretary of State.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of special order sale.

Phrase (1) capitalized: SOS

SOS

  1. (abbreviation, colloquial, initialism) Initialism of slip on show: a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen.

Noun (3) capitalized: SOS

SOS (uncountable)

  1. A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence.

Noun (4) capitalized: SOS

SOS (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of shit on a shingle.

Phrase (2) capitalized: SOS

SOS

  1. (Commonwealth, abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength.
    Antonyms:
    TOS

Noun (5) capitalized: SOs

SOs

  1. (plural) plural of SO

Interjection (2) capitalized: SoS

  1. Alternative letter-case form of sos.

Synonyms of sos

Antonyms

Forms of sos

Interjection
alternative formSoS
Noun
pluralSOS's
pluralSOSes

Origin of sos

From interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters. It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "save our ship", or any other phrase.

Phrases with sos

Questions about sos

What does sos mean?
Sos means a nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
What is sos the plural of?
Sos is the plural of so.
What part of speech is sos?
Sos can be an interjection, a noun or a phrase.
How do you pronounce sos?
Sos is pronounced /sɒs/.

Words near sos in the dictionary

  1. Sorvino
  2. Sorvinos
  3. sory
  4. sorz
  5. Sorø
  6. sos
  7. SOS's
  8. Sosa
  9. sosaku hanga
  10. sosatie
  11. sosaties

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sos (page history and authors); SOS (page history and authors); SOs (page history and authors); SoS (page history and authors); so (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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