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Definition of sh exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sh

exclamation

/ʃ/

/ʃ/

(also shh)

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the way of writing the sound people make when they are telling somebody to be quiet
- Sh! Keep your voice down!
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