ess

noun

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”

   “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.”

2. Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of evolutionarily stable strategy
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of electronic switching system.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of energy storage system.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of employee self-service.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of earth system science.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of explained sum of squares.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of euthyroid sick syndrome.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of electronic still store.
11. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of ess.

verb

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

particle

1. (Cornwall, dialectal)Yes.

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

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

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Enterprise Storage Server.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
3. A surname from German.