"vacay" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈveɪkeɪ/ Audio: En-au-vaycay.ogg [Australia] Forms: vacays [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of vacation, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare cray (“crazy”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|vacation}} Clipping of vacation, {{m|en|cray||crazy}} cray (“crazy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} vacay (plural vacays)
  1. (informal, US) A vacation. Tags: US, informal Synonyms: leave, holiday, vacation Related terms: staycay
    Sense id: en-vacay-en-noun-GFIs83Bo Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vaca, vaycay, vay-cay

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈveɪkeɪ/ Audio: En-au-vaycay.ogg [Australia] Forms: vacays [present, singular, third-person], vacaying [participle, present], vacayed [participle, past], vacayed [past]
Etymology: Clipping of vacation, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare cray (“crazy”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|vacation}} Clipping of vacation, {{m|en|cray||crazy}} cray (“crazy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} vacay (third-person singular simple present vacays, present participle vacaying, simple past and past participle vacayed)
  1. (intransitive) To vacation (to spend or take a vacation). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-vacay-en-verb-SEdoe6cC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vaca, vaycay, vay-cay

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