Vacay

//ˈveɪkeɪ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vacation. US, informal

    "I don’t know if Italy is quite the right vacay spot for you, Mary Cherry. Too much pasta."

  2. 2
    informal term for vacation wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To vacation (to spend or take a vacation). intransitive

    "You're tired of movin', your body's achin' / We could vacay, there's places to go / Clearly, this isn't all that there is"

Synonyms

All synonyms
vacannual leavebreakday offgetawayholiday

Example

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"I don’t know if Italy is quite the right vacay spot for you, Mary Cherry. Too much pasta."

Etymology

Clipping of vacation, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare cray (“crazy”).

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