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w

noun

  1. letter
  2. something shaped like a w
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/ / /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/ / /ˈdʌbəlju/

adj

Etymology: Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

  1. Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun etymology 2, noun sense 4 and etymology 2, noun sense 5.)

    You, sir, are a W man.

    You got her number? W rizz!

character

  1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

name

Etymology: Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

  1. George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).

noun

Etymology: Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

  1. Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).

    From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.

  2. Abbreviation of west.
  3. Abbreviation of Wednesday.
  4. Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
  5. Abbreviation of win.

    You say that like it's not an absolute W.

  6. Abbreviation of wicket.
  7. Abbreviation of warrant.

prep

Etymology: Abbreviations.

  1. Abbreviation of with.

    This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺

  2. with a wing (on the Enneagram)

    When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.