Vic

//vɪk// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Ford Crown Victoria automobile. US, slang
  2. 2
    A victim of a homicide. slang

    "(Ryotaro Dojima): We haven't found the cause of death for the first vic, and now we've got a second one just like it […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Victor.
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Victoria: a state of Australia. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Vic.: Abbreviation of Victoria: a state of Australia. abbreviation, alt-of, alternative
  5. 5
    The Royal Victoria Theatre, in London (now called the Old Vic to distinguish it from the New Vic Theatre in Staffordshire). UK, historical, slang, with-definite-article

    "My next part at the Vic was Macbeth, with Judith Anderson. This play has a proverbial reputation for bad luck."

Example

More examples

"The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A mainly competed with the Commodore VIC-20."

Etymology

Clipping of victim.

Related phrases

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