vees

Noun

vee (plural vees)

1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
   • 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.2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170
2. Something with the shape of the letter V.
   • The girl put her hand up to her throat and the cloak of black feathers came away from the front of her body and spread out into a five-foot black fan. She swirled it slowly behind her until it stood up like a peacock's tail. She was naked except for a brief vee of black lace and a black sequined...1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 57
3. The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
4. The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
5. A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
6. A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.

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