/ʃæʃ/
- obsoleteThe 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.”
- obsoleteA sash.
- obsolete, uncountableSynonym 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 […]”
“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.”
- intransitive, obsolete, rareTo 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.”
Formsshashes(plural) · shashes(present, singular, third-person) · shashing(participle, present) · shashed(participle, past) · shashed(past)
Source: Wiktionary