vax

American  

[vaks] / væks /

noun

plural

vaxes, vaxxes

1. a vaccine or vaccination.

   I never got my scheduled measles vax in the 1960s because I contracted the measles first.

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verb (used with object)

vaxed, vaxxed

1. to vaccinate.

   Our hospital policy is that staff must be vaxxed by December 15.

Etymology

Origin of vax

By shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

Plus, Larry Summers’ Epstein-linked Harvard exit, the surgeon-general nominee’s vax stance and makeup for 6-year-olds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Megan Thee Stallion ushered in the notion of the “Hot Girl Summer” with her 2019 song, which led to the hopeful but mostly unrealized “hot vax summer” of 2021.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023

Earlier that day, Climate Pledge Arena’s website indicated they would no longer check vax status at concerts and sporting events, in line with state and county policy, though masks would still be required.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022

"All I want is the right to choose between getting the vax or not getting the vax," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022

"My gun vent off quite by haccident, and if your nose is spoilt, can't you have a vax von?—Come, it ain't so bad!"

From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 01 by Seymour, Robert