vacay

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/ˈveɪkeɪ/

noun

A vacation.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounvacay (plural vacays)

plural vacays · alternative vaca · alternative vaycay · alternative vay-cay

  1. USinformalA vacation.

    Well, you know me, I'm always down for a little vacay.

    2023, Sam Esmail, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, spoken by Clay (Ethan Hawke)
    2 more examples

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

    2000, Nancy E. Krulik, Popular: From the Mouths of Babes - Book #3, page 88

    She and beau Glenn were going to the Caymans for a little vacay in Aug.

    2000, Alumnae Bulletin, volumes 93–94, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Alumnae Association, page 43

    Synonyms: leave, holiday, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, holiday, leave

verbvacay (third-person singular simple present vacays, present participle vacaying, simple past and past participle vacayed)

present singular third person vacays · participle present vacaying · participle past vacayed · past vacayed · alternative vaca · alternative vaycay · alternative vay-cay

  1. intransitiveTo vacation (to spend or take a vacation).

    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

    2016, “White Ferrari”, in Blonde, performed by Frank Ocean
    1 more example

    The shameless PDA continues! Bachelor In Paradise’s most hands-on couple, Amanda Stanton and Josh Murray, returned to paradise as the couple vacayed on the beautiful beaches of Cancun, Mexico.

    2016 October 19, Lauren Crawford, “Can’t Keep Their Hands To Themselves! ‘Bachelor In Paradise’s’ Amanda Stanton & Josh Murray Get Hot & Heavy While Vacationing In Cancun!”, in OK!

Synonyms & antonyms

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nouninformal term for vacation

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Origin

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

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APA

vacay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacay

MLA

“vacay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacay. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vacay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacay.

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