vac

[ vak ]

/ væk /

noun Informal.

vacuum cleaner.

Nearby words

Origin of vac

by shortening

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Examples from the Web for vac

She might or might not have her vac suit on; I knew she had several of them on Ceres.
A Spaceship Named McGuire|Gordon Randall Garrett
But on the moon nobody responds to an emergency call without a vac suit.
The Bramble Bush|Gordon Randall Garrett
I carried it back with me when I returned to Garside after vac.
The Hero of Garside School|J. Harwood Panting
There was plenty of air still in this corridor, and there was apparently little likelihood of his needing his vac suit.
The Bramble Bush|Gordon Randall Garrett

That evening he heard the Winchester boys making plans for the winter sports at Pontresina in the Christmas vac.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas

British Dictionary definitions for vac

vac

/ (væk) /

noun

British informal short for vacation

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Word Origin and History for vac

vac

1709 as a colloquial shortening of vacation; 1942 as a colloquial shortening of vacuum (v.); 1974 as a colloquial shortening of vacuum cleaner.