Meanings
nounvocab (usually uncountable, plural vocabs)
plural vocabs
- informaluncountableusuallyVocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.
Shaggy: Please! This time don't say "Split up!" Fred: Fine! Divide into two groups! Shaggy: Changing the vocab! Should have seen that coming! Scooby: Jerk move, Jones!
2018, “World of Witchcraft”, in Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
Origin
Clipping of vocabulary.
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APA
vocab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocab
MLA
“vocab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocab. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vocab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocab.
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