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Exec

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    An executive; a person employed at the executive level. informal

    "An upcoming problem to be thrashed out at a meeting of diskery reps and execs of the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA), is the degree of AFRA's jurisdictional claim over singers on records."

  2. 2
    the chief executive department of the United States government wordnet
  3. 3
    An executive officer, i.e. the chief assistant to the commanding officer. informal

    "“'Okay. Report to the exec's office right after inspection tomorrow, Mister Keith. Best of luck.”"

Verb
  1. 1
    To execute; to run. informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of executive or execute.

Etymology 2

Clipping of executive or execute.

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