vax

• vaxx

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

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

vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxes or vaxxes)

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

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.”

• Xav

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

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

vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)

1. wax

• bývax

vax

1. alternative form of wax (“wax”)

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

vax n

1. wax

• vaxljus (“wax candle”)

• vax in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vax in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

From Chinese 瓦 (MC ngwaeX).

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

1. tile

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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)