Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   SOS

   /ˌɛsəʊˈɛs/

   noun

   • 1. an international code signal of extreme distress, used especially by ships at sea: "they put out an SOS that they were on fire"
   • ▪ an urgent appeal for help: "I'd thought of phoning a desperate SOS to James"
   • ▪ a message broadcast in an emergency in an attempt to contact a person whose whereabouts are not known: "here is an SOS message for Mr Arthur Brown about his brother, who is dangerously ill"

   abbreviation

   • 1. Somalian shilling(s).

   Word Origin early 20th century: letters chosen as being easily transmitted and recognized in Morse code; by folk etymology an abbreviation of save our souls.

   Scrabble Points: 3

   • S

     1

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points