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ssh

interjectionverbproper nounverbattested in dialogue

Be quiet or reduce the volume.

interjection

  1. 1

    Be quiet or reduce the volume.

verb

  1. 1

    Synonym of shush.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A program and protocol for securely logging in to and running programs on remote machines across a network, with encryption to protect the transferred information and authentication to ensure that the remote machine is the one desired.

Etymology

Abbreviation of secure shell.

verb

  1. 1

    To use ssh to connect to a remote computer.

Forms

past tense
sshed
past participle
sshed
present participle
sshing
third person singular
sshes
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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).