vac
English
Etymology
Abbreviations.
Noun
vac (plural vacs)
- (informal) A 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) A vacuum cleaner.
Derived terms
- (vacuum cleaner) minivac
Verb
vac (third-person singular simple present vacs, present participle vacking, simple past and past participle 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)
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