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W

//ˈdʌbəl.juː// adj, character, name, noun, prep, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    wide
  2. 2
    Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun etymology 2 sense 4 and etymology 2 sense 5.) slang

    "You, sir, are a W man."

  3. 3
    white
  4. 4
    successful, admirable, good

    "W rizz."

Character
  1. 1
    The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
  2. 2
    The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009). US, informal
Noun
  1. 1
    watt
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door). abbreviation, alt-of

    "From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema."

  3. 3
    the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  4. 4
    west
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of west. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm wordnet
  2. 7
    witness
  3. 8
    Abbreviation of Wednesday. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 9
    the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees wordnet
  5. 10
    work
  6. 11
    Abbreviation of wins (statistic). abbreviation, alt-of
  7. 12
    a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite wordnet
  8. 13
    Abbreviation of win. abbreviation, alt-of
  9. 14
    Abbreviation of win. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable

    "You say that like it's not an absolute W."

  10. 15
    Abbreviation of wicket. abbreviation, alt-of
  11. 16
    Abbreviation of warrant. abbreviation, alt-of
Preposition
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of with. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

    "This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺"

  2. 2
    with a wing (on the Enneagram)

    "When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2."

Slang
  1. 1
    A win; success. slang, internet, 2020s

    "Passing that exam was a huge W."

Etymology

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 4

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Etymology 5

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