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shash¹

  • /ʃæʃ/

Rhymes with -æʃ

Where it comes from

See sash.

noun 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.
  2. obsolete A sash.

shash²

  • /ʃæʃ/

Rhymes with -æʃ

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noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable 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 […]

    Similar: snow

verb shashes · shashing · 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.

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@misc{shash_2026,
  title = {shash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}