vax

See also: väx

English

Alternative forms

• vaxx

Etymology

From the phonetic spelling of the clipping of vaccine, vaccination or vaccinate.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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• enPR: văks, IPA^(key): /væks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxxes or vaxes)

1. (slang) Clipping of vaccine.
2. (slang) Clipping of vaccination.

Derived terms

• antivax
• anti-vax
• antivaxer
• anti-vaxer
• antivaxx
• anti-vaxx
• antivaxxer
• anti-vaxxer
• antivaxxing
• anti-vaxxing
• provax
• pro-vax
• provaxer
• pro-vaxer
• provaxxer
• pro-vaxxer
• vaxed
• vaxer
• vaxie
• vaxxed
• vaxxer
• vaxxie
• unvaxed
• unvaxxed

 

Related terms

• vaxin

 

Verb

vax (third-person singular simple present vaxxes or vaxes, present participle vaxxing or vaxing, simple past and past participle vaxxed or vaxed)

1. (slang) To vaccinate.
   • 2021 January 19, Ellie Rushing, Anna Orso, “South Jersey mom and anti-vax activist directed part of the mob in breaching the Capitol”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer‎^[1]:

     In late April, Hazelton organized a protest in Trenton demanding to “open New Jersey now,” saying into a bullhorn: “We have the right not to be tested, not to be tracked, not to be vaxxed.”

See also

• dox
• hax
• VAXen
• VAXherd

 

Anagrams

• Xav

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaxs/
• IPA^(key): /vaks/

Noun

vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)

1. wax

Derived terms

• bývax

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Middle English

Noun

vax

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.

Noun

vax n

1. wax

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /βa˦˨/
• Tone numbers: va⁴
• Hyphenation: vax

Etymology 1

From Chinese 瓦 (MC ngwaeX).

Noun

vax (Sawndip forms 𤬪 or 𫭡 or 砙, 1957–1982 spelling vaч)

1. tile

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

vax (Sawndip forms 㧚 or 𭯽, 1957–1982 spelling vaч)

1. to grab; to snatch

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gvax, (dialectal) gyaek, (dialectal) vamz

2. to dredge; to scoop; to haul (out of water)