Definition/Meaning of SOS

• English - Noun: SOS (plural SOS's or SOSes) The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress . The crew sent a frantic SOS as they realised the scale of the disaster. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019: "Look at wireless. Look at the S. O. S. call…
• English - Phrase: SOS (abbreviation, colloquial, initialism) Initialism of slip on show : a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen. SOS (Commonwealth, abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength .
• English - Anagrams: OSS SSO
• English - Etymology: From interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters. It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "save our ship", or any other phrase.
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/ (US) IPA: /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/