vacay

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vacay

/ˈveɪkeɪ/

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

noun vacays · vaca · vaycay · vay-cay

US, informal A vacation. I don’t know if Italy is quite the right vacay spot for you, Mary Cherry. Too much pasta.
Similar: leave, holiday, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, leave of absence, pause, recess, time away, time off, vac

verb vacays · vacaying · vacayed · vaca · vaycay

intransitive To 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

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@misc{vacay_2026,
  title = {vacay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vacay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}