vac
See also: vác, Vác, and -vac
English
Etymology
Abbreviations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væk/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
vac (plural vacs)
- (informal) Clipping of vacation.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:
- It was to be their last term at Oxford and Hilary had incited them both to journey with him to Provence for the long vac.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:
- (informal) Clipping of vacuum cleaner.
- (informal) Clipping of vaccine.
Derived terms
- (vacation) long vac
- (vacuum cleaner) minivac
Verb
vac (third-person singular simple present vacs, present participle vaccing or vacking, simple past and past participle vacced or vacked)
- To vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- 2010, Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star (page 332)
- I went on to how Harold used to work in security on the building; he used to see Andy in the underground car-park vacking the sick out of the Merc.
- 2010, Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star (page 332)
Anagrams
- ACV, AVC, CVA, Cav.
Huave
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vaca. Doublet of wacüx.
Noun
vac
- cow
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 177
Romanian
Noun
vac n (plural vacuri)
- Obsolete form of veac.
Declension
Declension of vac
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) vac | vacul | (niște) vacuri | vacurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) vac | vacului | (unor) vacuri | vacurilor |
vocative | vacule | vacurilor |
References
- vac in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vacca. Cognates include Finnish vatsa.
Noun
vac
- belly