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Val

Noun CEFR C2
væl

Definitions

  1. Valium.
  2. A male given name, a short form of Valentine and Valerius.
  3. Clipping of Valley girl.
  4. A female given name, a short form of Valerie and Valmai.

Equivalents

Françaisval
Portuguêsval
3 more languages
Bosanskival
Hrvatskival
Српскиval

Examples

“and i must be on that list of people that need⟳ to get⟳ knocked over with a hammer⟳ 'cause vicodin and val don't knock⟳ me out.”
“I would think⟳ though that whatever the reason⟳ for a panic attack valium would be great. I know⟳ that if my house was on fire and I was on 15mg of val It^([sic]) would take⟳ a lot more energy than I had, to panic. ;^)”
“I'm a medic and phenobarb is the primary drug for true seizures, but the OP states the cat presents seizure like⟳ behavior at the sound⟳ of her voice. I don't know⟳ where any of you are from, but we don't treat⟳ seizures with val.”
“And Publius Valerius became the baby's name⟳, though it afterwards transpired that they had got hold⟳ of the inferior Cato. In 1890, however, when little Publius was nearly ten, the word 'chic' went out of fashion, and sobriety came in; Winifred began to have⟳ doubts. They were confirmed by little Publius himself, who returned from his first term at school complaining that life was a burden to him - they called him Pubby. Winifred - a woman of real decision - promptly changed his school and his name⟳ to Val, the Publius being dropped even as an initial.”
““Vals are everywhere,” Miss⟳ Zappa said the other afternoon in a telephone interview from the Zappas' Hollywood Hills home. She also reported that Vals are “jealous of Brooke Shields and secretly want⟳ to go to New York.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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