ess

plural esses · alternative es

1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.

   1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success

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   I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

   2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170

2. Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)

present singular third person esses · participle present essing · participle past essed · past essed · alternative es

1. To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.

1. CornwalldialectalYes.

   'Big chap, edn' 'a?' I thought he was the biggest chap I had ever seen. 'Ess,' said Corin.

   1898, The Cornish Magazine, volume 1, page 64

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   Overheard in Cornwall: 'Oh, ess, diden' ee know I gived up keepin' ducks? They wus allus comin' 'ome lost'.

   1951, John William Robertson Scott, The Countryman (page 64)

1. abbreviationinitialismIBMcomputingInitialism of Enterprise Storage Server.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

plural ESSes

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableevolutionary theoryInitialism of evolutionarily stable strategy
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of electronic switching system.
3. abbreviationcountableuncountablebusinessAbbreviation of energy storage system.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of employee self-service.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of earth system science.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of explained sum of squares.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of euthyroid sick syndrome.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of electronic still store.

plural Esses

1. A surname from German.

plural Esses

1. Alternative letter-case form of ess.