lav

[ lav ]

/ læv /

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noun Informal.

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Origin of lav

By shortening

Words nearby lav

lautenclavicymbal, lauter tub, Lautréamont, Lautrec, Lauzon, lav, lava, lavabo, lavage, Laval, lava lamp

Other definitions for lav (2 of 2)

LAV

abbreviation

lymphadenopathy-associated virus.See under AIDS virus.

Origin of LAV

First recorded in 1980–85

How to use lav in a sentence

I have before me scores of pages which reveal the way that Borrow became a lav-engro—a word-master.
George Borrow and His Circle|Clement King Shorter
“Stop your bosherin,” or “your bosh,” is what they would term flickin lav, or current phrase.
The English Gipsies and Their Language|Charles G. Leland
There are also fields where cultivation is forbidden, the "Ham Klaik Lav."
Indo-China and Its Primitive People|Henry Baudesson
"J'ai mal lav la palette de Gros," was the wording of his own confession.
Delacroix|Paul G. Konody

I obtained in a lot of Italian copper a small quattrino, as it is called, with Lav.
The Confessions of a Collector|William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for lav

lav

/ (læv) /

noun

British informal short for lavatory

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