Vee

Definitions

1. Initialism of Venezuelan equine encephalitis/encephalomyelitis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
3. A female given name, short for names beginning with V.
4. Alternative letter-case form of vee.
   alt-of
5. Something with the shape of the letter V.
6. The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
7. The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
8. A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
9. A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.

Equivalents

Examples

“Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name⟳ of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess.”

“RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL⟳ Romeo Victor".”

“This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust⟳ gas-driven turbo-chargers.”

“One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound⟳.”

“The river leapt and rippled like⟳ a lizard. Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.”

“York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid⟳ the station.”

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