VAMOOSE
— vamoose (va´mūs´) (vi) (sl.): leave quickly, flee >They heard sirens and decided to vamoose.
— vamoose! (sl.): go away! >Hey, you kids—vamoose!
VARMINT
— varmint (vär´mәnt) (colloq.): contemptible or reprehensible person >That varmint better not show his face around here.
V.D.
** V.D. (colloq.): venereal disease >He says he got V.D. from her.
VEEP
— veep (vēp) (colloq.): vice president >He’s the new administrative veep.
VEG
— veg out (vej ...) (vi) (sl.): completely relax, spend time resting from work or worry >After the hectic week I’ve had, I just wanna veg out this weekend.
VEGAS
** Vegas (vā´gәs) (colloq.): Las Vegas, Nevada >He lost over $5000 in Vegas last weekend.
VEGETABLE
* vegetable (colloq.): severely incapacitated person, comatose person >Poor guy’s been nothing but a vegetable since the accident.
VEGGIE
** veggie (vej´ē) (sl.): vegetable >I like fresh veggies more than meat.
VEGGY
— veggy (see “VEGGIE”)
VET
** vet1 (vet) (colloq.): veteran (of the armed forces) >He’s a Vietnam vet.
** vet2 (colloq.): veterinarian >The vet said Bowser’s going to be OK.
VETTE
* Vette (vet) (sl.): Chevrolet Corvette automobile >He tears around town in a red Vette.
VIBES
* vibes (vībz) (sl.): general feeling or emotional signals (regarding s/thing or s/one) >I didn’t like the vibes I was gettin’ from that joker. >I got good vibes from that school, so that’s where I wanna go.
VIBRATIONS
* vibrations (colloq.): general feeling or emotional signals (regarding s/thing or s/one) >Let’s get out of here—I’m getting bad vibrations from this place.
VIC
— vic (vik) (sl.): victim (esp. of a crime) >The vic was shot up close. There were powder burns on his shirt.
VIDEO
** video (colloq.): video recording, recorded video program >We stayed home last night and watched a video.
VILLE
— ...ville (... ´vil´) (sl.): a very ... thing or experience, a place of great ... (used with adjs. and nouns) (cf. “...SVILLE”) >That roller coaster is wildville! >Football practice was tortureville today.
VINEGAR
— full of pee/piss and vinegar (see FULL)
V.I.P
** V.I.P. (colloq.): very important person (also adj.) >We’ll seat all the V.I.P.s at the head table. >They were impressed with the V.I.P. treatment they got.
VIRAL
— go viral (sl.): (for an internet site or item) to become quickly disseminated and become wildly popular >That reality star’s YouTube clip went viral—everybody’s talkin’ about it.
VIRGIN
* virgin (colloq.): person with no experience (in s/thing), naive and innocent person >He’s a complete virgin—he’s never even tasted beer.
VITTLES
— vittles (vit´lz) (colloq. dtd.): food (esp. already prepared) >She can sure cook up some mighty good vittles.