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nounproper nounadjectiveproper nouncommon in dialogue

A shiptype Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine A conventionally-powered submarine

noun

  1. 1

    A shiptype Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine A conventionally-powered submarine

  2. 2

    A shiptype Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine diesel-powered attack submarine

  3. 3

    NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union

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    Variant of SaintsAbbreviation of Saints.

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    Variant of social securityInitialism of social security.

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    Variant of secret serviceInitialism of secret service.

  7. 7

    Variant of spousal supportInitialism of spousal support.

  8. 8

    Variant of stainless steelInitialism of stainless steel.

    Near-synonym: CRES

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    Variant of steamshipA shiptype Initialism of steamship.

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    Variant of screw steamerA shiptype Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)

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    Variant of shortstopInitialism of shortstop.

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    Variant of screenshotInitialism of screenshot.

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    Variant of sum of squaresInitialism of sum of squares.

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    Variant of Segawa syndromeInitialism of Segawa syndrome.

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    Variant of side seamInitialism of side seam.

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    Variant of spring/summerInitialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.

    SS23 collection

Etymology

Abbreviations.

proper noun

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    Variant of SchutzstaffelInitialism of Schutzstaffel; from German SS.

    The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units.

    (It's possible that at least some of the liberals who answered "yes, violence can sometimes be justified" had in mind edge cases like armed resistance by Jews against the SS, not the assassination of peaceful political pundits with whom they disagree.)

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    Variant of SubsaharaInitialism of Subsahara: a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert.

  3. 3

    Variant of Pokémon Sword and ShieldslangInitialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

adjective

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    Variant of SubsaharanInitialism of Subsaharan.

proper noun

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    Variant of South SumatraInitialism of South Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.

Etymology

From Indonesian SS, initialism of Sumatra Selatan; compare SB (“West Sumatra”) and SU (“North Sumatra”).

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).