Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
W en · SYM · etymology 1
Pronunciation
(Australia) audio /ˈdʌbəlju/ (China) /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/ (US) (US) /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/ (UK) Meanings
(letter, uppercase) The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
Forms
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W en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
(Australia) audio /ˈdʌbəlju/ (China) /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/ (US) (US) /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/ (UK) Etymology Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.
Meanings
(slang) 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!
Forms
Antonyms
L
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W en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
(Australia) audio /ˈdʌbəlju/ (China) /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/ (US) (US) /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/ (UK) Etymology Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of) 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. 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:
(abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Wednesday.
(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
(Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable) Abbreviation of win.
You say that like it's not an absolute W.
(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of wicket.
(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of warrant.
Forms
Coordinates
L · Th · S · T · M · E · N · Su · L · F · M · Tu · Sa
Deriveds
W in the chat (others) · WSW (compass) · W Tree (others) · SSW (compass) · C of W (others) · dub · L community · W community · W · OTW · W-League (others) · SW (compass) · NW (compass) · W-sitting (others) · Lambert W function (others) · WNW (compass) · W-2 employee (others) · W chromosome (others) · NNW (compass) · W particle (others)
Synonyms
Wed. · Wed
Translations (6)
sv V (west) hu Gy ((sports) wins) sv V ((sports) wins) de W (west) hu Ny (west) sv O (Wednesday)
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W en · PROPN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
(Australia) audio /ˈdʌbəlju/ (China) /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/ (US) (US) /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/ (UK) Etymology Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.
Meanings
(US, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
Synonyms
Dubya · GWB
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