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plural esses
The name of the Latin-script letter S. quotations examples
these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success
1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170
Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses) examples
third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed
To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S. examples