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wuv

/wʌv/

wuv is the alternative form of love.

Meaning of love

Noun

love (countable and uncountable, plural loves)

  1. (uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
  2. A profound and caring affection towards someone.
    • A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
  3. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
    • The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving—and this love is … the highest of all the Divine commands[.]1864, Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government
  4. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
    • I have never been in love as much as I have with you.
  5. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
    • My love of cricket knows no bounds.
  6. (countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
    • Open the temple gates unto my love.1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion

See all 31 meanings of love

Synonyms of wuv

Forms of wuv

third-person singular presentwuvz
third-person singular presentwuvs
present participlewuving
past participlewuvd
pastwuvd
past participlewuved
pastwuved

Origin of wuv

From a humorous mispronunciation of love, mimicking the speech of a young child. Reinforced by the comic portrayal of a speech impediment of the elderly clergyman in the influential book and film The Princess Bride.

Words that rhyme with wuv

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Questions about wuv

What is wuv the alternative form of?
Wuv is the alternative form of love.
How do you pronounce wuv?
Wuv is pronounced /wʌv/.

Words near wuv in the dictionary

  1. Wutsin
  2. wuttagoonaspid
  3. wuttagoonaspids
  4. WUU2
  5. Wuuluman
  6. wuv
  7. wuvd
  8. wuved
  9. WUVGA
  10. wuving
  11. wuvs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wuv (page history and authors); love (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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