vax
See also: väx
English
Alternative forms
- vaxx
Etymology
From the phonetic spelling of the clipping of vaccine, vaccination or vaccinate.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - enPR: văks, IPA(key): /væks/
- Rhymes: -æks
Noun
vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxxes or vaxes)
- (slang) Clipping of vaccine.
- (slang) Clipping of vaccination.
Derived terms
- antivax
- anti-vax
- antivaxer
- anti-vaxer
- antivaxx
- anti-vaxx
- antivaxxer
- anti-vaxxer
- antivaxxing
- anti-vaxxing
- provax
- pro-vax
- provaxer
- pro-vaxer
- provaxxer
- pro-vaxxer
- vaxed
- vaxer
- vaxie
- vaxxed
- vaxxer
- vaxxie
- unvaxed
- unvaxxed
Related terms
- vaxin
Verb
vax (third-person singular simple present vaxxes or vaxes, present participle vaxxing or vaxing, simple past and past participle vaxxed or vaxed)
- (slang) To vaccinate.
- 2021 January 19, Ellie Rushing, Anna Orso, “South Jersey mom and anti-vax activist directed part of the mob in breaching the Capitol”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
- In late April, Hazelton organized a protest in Trenton demanding to “open New Jersey now,” saying into a bullhorn: “We have the right not to be tested, not to be tracked, not to be vaxxed.”
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See also
- dox
- hax
- VAXen
- VAXherd
Anagrams
- Xav
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaxs/
- IPA(key): /vaks/
Noun
vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)
- wax
Declension
declension of vax
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vax | vaxið |
| accusative | vax | vaxið |
| dative | vaxi | vaxinu |
| genitive | vax | vaxins |
Derived terms
- bývax
Middle English
Noun
vax
- Alternative form of wax (“wax”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.
Noun
vax n
- wax
Declension
| Declension of vax | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vax | vaxet | vaxer | vaxerna |
| Genitive | vax | vaxets | vaxers | vaxernas |
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /βa˦˨/
- Tone numbers: va4
- Hyphenation: vax
Etymology 1
From Chinese 瓦 (MC ŋˠuaX).
Noun
vax (Sawndip forms 𤬪 or 𫭡 or 砙, 1957–1982 spelling vaч)
- tile
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
vax (Sawndip forms 㧚 or 𭯽, 1957–1982 spelling vaч)
- to grab; to snatch
- Synonyms: (dialectal) gvax, (dialectal) gyaek, (dialectal) vamz
- to dredge; to scoop; to haul (out of water)