vax

plural vaxes · plural vaxxes · alternative vaxx

1. abbreviationclippingcountableslanguncountableClipping of vaccine.
2. abbreviationclippingcountableslanguncountableClipping of vaccination.

present singular third person vaxxes · present singular third person vaxes · participle present vaxxing · participle present vaxing · participle past vaxxed · past vaxxed · participle past vaxed · past vaxed · alternative vaxx

1. slangTo vaccinate.

   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.”

   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

plural VAXes · humorous plural VAXen

1. An electronic computer of a line of computers from the late 20th century.

   I was ordered by some scientists not to, and to buy a VAX instead, and I protested strongly, but they had the authority and they bought a VAX.

   1987, Donald C. Wells, “Data Analysis Systems”, in V. Di Gesù, L. Scarsi, P. Crane, editors, Selected Topics on Data Analysis in Astronomy, page 135