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Vader

Vader is the ellipsis of Vader Jam.

Vader is the ellipsis of Darth Vader.

Meaning of Vader Jam

Noun

Vader Jam (plural Vader Jams)

  1. A BMX trick where the rider puts their front foot from the pedal onto the front tire/fork area, leans forward, presses their shin against the handlebars to lock in, and slides or "jams" into a ramp (like a quarter pipe), often using the tire as a brake or pivot before popping back in; requires good balance, keeping weight forward, and finding the right pressure to avoid going over the bars.

Meaning of Darth Vader

Noun

Darth Vader (plural Darth Vaders)

  1. A powerful individual or force, particularly one that is seen as malevolent, dominating and threatening.
    • Irabu had hired Nomura, a man with whom he obviously had a great deal in common, and, who, as we have seen, was rapidly becoming the Darth Vader of Japanese baseball.2004, Robert Whiting, The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime, page 130
  2. (UK, informal) A British Rail Class 460 train.
    • When the new GEX stock (Darth Vaders!!) are in service, and the inevitable happens and they break down, EWS will no doubt trundle along to rescue it1999 September 17, gl1, “Gatwick Express New Stock Nose Cones”, in uk.transport.london (Usenet)

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Forms of Vader

pluralVaders

Phrases with Vader

Questions about Vader

What is Vader the ellipsis of?
Vader is the ellipsis of Vader Jam.

Words near Vader in the dictionary

  1. vadelect
  2. vadelects
  3. vademecum
  4. Vaden
  5. Vadens
  6. Vader
  7. Vader Jam
  8. Vader Slide
  9. Vaderesque
  10. Vaderjam
  11. vades

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vader (page history and authors); Vader Jam (page history and authors); Darth Vader (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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