ps

1. pluralplural of p

1. alternativeAlternative form of PS (post scriptum).
2. abbreviationautomotiveAbbreviation of power steering.

1. Initialism of a number of proto-languages' names:
   1. human sciencesProto-Slavic.
   2. human sciencesProto-Semitic.
   3. human sciencesProto-Salish, Proto-Salishan.
   4. human sciencesProto-Sahaptian.
2. abbreviationinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of PlayStation.
3. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Photoshop.
4. abbreviationfile formatcomputingAbbreviation of PostScript, a page description language.
5. abbreviationAbbreviation of South Papua: a province of Indonesia.

plural PSes · plural PSs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of postal service.

   USPS

   United States Postal Service

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of public school.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of public service(s).
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablevideo gamesInitialism of PlayStation.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablenauticalInitialism of paddle steamer.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of power supply.
7. CommonwealthabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of police sergeant, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
8. abbreviationcountableuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of polystyrene
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of parallel slalom.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.

    PS I love you.

11. abbreviationcountabledatedinitialismuncountableInitialism of power steering.

    PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C   [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]

12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Perlman syndrome.

1. abbreviationnot comparablecommunicationsAbbreviation of packet-switched.

1. abbreviationShort for metric horsepower.

   1 more example

   The powertrain also produces 306 PS (225 kW), enough to propel the 1,858 kg Cross Coupé from zero to 62 mph in 6.5 seconds and on to a top speed of 137 mph. […] The four-seater i-oniq concept has a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine which is mated, via a generator, to a lithium ion electric motor which produces 109 PS.

   2012 March 9, “Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

1. New York Cityabbreviationpluralplural onlyslangAbbreviation of projects (“multi-story low-income housing development”).

   How long have you been living in the Ps?

   4 more examples

   everyone in the hood had a lawsuit except me i wish i lived in the Ps so i could've been eating wild led paint chips i would've been up at least a mil right now

   2018 September 2, @heirmeg, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 May 2024

   Clearly not a lot of people from the hood on this thread. Every hood got a couple white kids that came up in the Ps and talks just like everyone else around.

   2020 September 29, u/stormfather86, “Recently dropped the one friend who tried it. She really thought...”, in Reddit, r/BlackPeopleTwitter, archived from the original on 05 May 2024

   Not everyone who lives in the Ps is immediately gang affiliated, you monumental herb. Quit presenting classist stereotypes as fact.

   2020 November 17, “Red Hook Housing Projects”, in Reddit, r/nyc, archived from the original on 05 May 2024

   Of course the numbers is like this. Its more people. Here's a broader view. A street in Compton, 20 to 30 houses, generally 3 to 5 ppl per household. Now a street in the Tremont section, bout 40 5 or 6 story buildings in one block, apts A-G, 3 to 5 ppl per household, and I haven't even mentioned big developments such as (RPT, Twin Parks, the Ps). We packed in this bitch like sardines.

   2023 June 1, u/TheKwyetRoom, “Some of NYC most dangerous & active hoods compared to Los Angeles”, in Reddit, r/NYStateOfMind, archived from the original on 05 May 2024

1. pluralplural of P