tss

T1S1S1
[t͡sːː]

interjection

A hissing sound.

Similar
toxic shocktoxic shock syndrome
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Meanings

tss1

interjection

alternative tsss

  1. A hissing sound.

    "Tss tss!" the girl hissed softly through her teeth. The monkey turned, leaped directly onto her shoulder, and gazed around […]

    2011, Dianne Hofmeyr, Eye of the Moon
    1 more example

    When the woman held the sausage over the open fire, the drops of fat went tss-tsss on the coals and the flames turned a lovely blue colour.

    1964, Felix Vincent Lategan, Michael Wallendorf Smuts, Hymne Weiss, Afrikaans Short Stories, page 173

TSS2

nounTSS (countable and uncountable, plural TSSs)

plural TSSs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of toxic shock syndrome.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of total suspended solids: a measure of water quality.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of total sum of squares.

TSs3

noun
  1. pluralplural of TS

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsyndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons

Similar
toxic shocktoxic shock syndrome
Broader
syndrome
Also see
toxic shock syndrome

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Imitative.

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APA

tss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tss

MLA

“tss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tss. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tss,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tss.

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