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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See sash.
Noun[edit]
shash (plural shashes) (obsolete)
- The scarf of a turban.
- 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 […], →OCLC, book II, paragraph 24, page 303:
- 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.
- A sash.
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
shash (uncountable)
- (television) Synonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”)
- 1997, Paul Kriwaczek, Documentary for the Small Screen:
- 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 […]
- 2012, Paul Farley, Michael Symmons Roberts, Edgelands: Journeys Into England's True Wilderness, page 159:
- 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.
Verb[edit]
shash (third-person singular simple present shashes, present participle shashing, simple past and past participle shashed)
- (intransitive, rare) To produce white noise.
- 2003, Libby Purves, Casting Off:
- 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.
References[edit]
- Brian Armstrong (1976) The Glossary of TV Terms, page 80
Further reading[edit]
- “shash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Afar[edit]
Noun[edit]
shash? ?
- A black strip of cloth worn on the head by married Afar women as part of the traditional dress.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Jim Haskins and Joann Biondi (1995) From Afar to Zulu : a dictionary of African cultures, New York: Walker, page 8
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Etymology[edit]
Proto-Athabaskan *xʸɨshʷ (“bear”). Compare Ahtna sos.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shash
- bear (animal)
Derived terms[edit]
- shash bighą́ąʼgi hadzíbáhí (“grizzly bear”)
- shash bizaʼazis hólóní (“koala”)
- shash łigaii (“polar bear”)
- shash naʼazísí (“wombat”)
- shash nátʼoh (“caltrop”)
- shash yáázh (“bear cub”)
- shashtsoh (“brown bear”)
References[edit]
- Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 468
Western Apache[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shash
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