SOS (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

Admin
  1. the letters represented by the radio telegraphic signal (· · · – – – · · ·) used, especially by ships in distress, as an internationally recognized call for help.
noun
  1. any call for help: We sent out an SOS for more typists.
verb (used without object)
  1. to send an SOS.
abbreviation Slang.
  1. shit on a shingle (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity).
abbreviation
  1. (in prescriptions) if necessary.
noun
  1. an internationally recognized distress signal in which the letters SOS are repeatedly spelt out, as by radio-telegraphy: used esp by ships and aircraft
  2. a message broadcast in an emergency for people otherwise unobtainable
  3. a call for help
SOS (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions