different between vax vs vag

English

Alternative forms

• vaxx

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the phonetic spelling of the clipping of vaccine, vaccination or vaccinate.

Noun

vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxxes)

1. (slang) Clipping of vaccine.
2. (slang) Clipping of vaccination.

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

vax (third-person singular simple present vaxxes, present participle vaxxing, simple past and past participle vaxxed)

1. (slang) To vaccinate.

See also

Anagrams

• Xav

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahs?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaxs/
• IPA^(key): /vaks/

Noun

vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)

1. wax

Declension

Derived terms

• bývax

Middle English

Noun

vax

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahs?.

Noun

vax n

1. wax

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?a??/
• Tone numbers: va⁴
• Hyphenation: vax

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (MC ??ua^X).

Noun

vax (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography va?)

1. tile

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

vax (Sawndip forms ? or ????, old orthography va?)

1. to grab; to snatch

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gvax, (dialectal) gyaek, (dialectal) vamz

2. to dredge; to scoop; to haul (out of water)

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of vagina.

Alternative forms

• vadge, vaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væd?/
• Rhymes: -æd?

Noun

vag (plural not attested)

1. (US slang, chiefly vulgar) vagina (or, informally, vulva)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vagrant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Verb

vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)

1. (transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
   • 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back (page 250)

     But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

vag (plural vags)

1. (Britain, dated, dialect, Devon) turf used as fuel

Verb

vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)

1. (Britain, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
2. (Britain, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
3. (Britain, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[5], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 335

Anagrams

• AGV, AVG, Gav, VGA, avg.

Danish

Etymology

From French vague

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??/, [væ??j], [væj?]

Adjective

vag

1. vague

Inflection

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) va'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish vako.

Noun

vag

1. furrow

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vagus, via French vague

Adjective

vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)

1. vague

References

• “vag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vagus, via French vague

Adjective

vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)

1. vague

References

• “vag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vague, Latin vagus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?/

Adjective

vag m or n (feminine singular vag?, plural vagi)

1. vague

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French vague, from Latin vagus (unsteady, wandering).

Adjective

vag (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)

1. vague

   själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar

   the soul's most subtle inventions, its vaguest conceptions, its most volatile dreams

Declension

Synonyms

• diffus
• otydlig

Related terms

• vackla
• vagabond
• vagant
• vaghet

References

• vag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• gav

Volapük

Noun

vag (nominative plural vags)

1. emptiness

Declension