vac
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vac
By shortening
Example Sentences
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How, when one of their houses flooded, David was the first to show up at his door with a shop vac to help clean up.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
Inside, he used the power washer and a shop vac to clean out ash that had collected in the windowsills.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
An anti-plastic group has criticised Sainsbury's move to swap its mince out of hard plastic trays into vac packs.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
“Andor” has a small, decrepit, R2-D2-like figure named B2EMO, voiced by Dave Chapman and sort of a cross between a toolbox and a shop vac.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
But for now, the long vac stretched out endlessly before us.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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