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vod·ka noun [ORIGIN: Russ, fr. voda water]

: a colorless liquor distilled from a mash (as of rye or wheat)

vogue noun [ORIGIN: MF, action of rowing, course, fashion, fr. voguer to sail, fr. OF, fr. OIt vogare to row]

1 : popular acceptance or favor : POPULARITY

2 : a period of popularity

3 : one that is in fashion at a particular time

Synonyms

[1] favor, modishness, popularity—more at POPULARITY

[3] craze, fad, mode, rage, style, trend—more at FAD

vogu·ish adjective 1 : FASHIONABLE, SMART

2 : suddenly or temporarily popular

1voice noun 1 : sound produced through the mouth by vertebrates and esp. by human beings (as in speaking or singing)

2 : musical sound produced by the vocal cords : the power to produce such sound; also : one of the melodic parts in a vocal or instrumental composition

3 : the vocal organs as a means of tone production

4 : sound produced by vibration of the vocal cords as heard in vowels and some consonants

5 : the power of speaking

6 : a sound suggesting a voice

7 : an instrument or medium of expression

8 : a choice, opinion, or wish openly expressed; also : right of expression

9 : distinction of form of a verb to indicate the relation of the subject to the action expressed by the verb

10 : one that sings : SINGER

Synonyms

articulation, expression, formulation, statement, utterance—more at EXPRESSION

2voice verb voiced; voic·ing : to give voice or expression to <~ a complaint>

Synonyms

air, express, give, look, sound, state, vent—more at EXPRESS

voice box noun : LARYNX

voiced adjective 1 : having a voice

2 : uttered with voice

— voiced·ness noun

Synonyms

oral, vocal—more at VOCAL

voice·less adjective 1 : having no voice

2 : not pronounced with voice

— voice·less·ly adverb

— voice·less·ness noun

Synonyms

dumb, inarticulate, mute, speechless—more at MUTE

voice mail noun : an electronic communication system in which spoken messages are recorded for later playback to the intended recipient; also : such a message

voice–over noun : the voice in a film or television program of a person who is heard but not seen or not seen talking

voice·print noun : an individually distinctive pattern of voice characteristics that is spectrographically produced

1void adjective 1 : UNOCCUPIED, VACANT

2 : containing nothing : EMPTY

3 : being without something specified : DEVOID

4 : VAIN, USELESS

5 : of no legal force or effect : NULL

Synonyms

[2] bare, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant—more at EMPTY

[3] bereft, destitute, devoid—more at DEVOID

[5] invalid, null—more at NULL

2void noun 1 : empty space : EMPTINESS

2 : a feeling of want or hollowness

Synonyms

blank, blankness, emptiness, vacancy, vacuity—more at VACANCY

3void verb 1 : to make or leave empty; also : VACATE

2 : DISCHARGE, EMIT <~ urine>

3 : to render void : ANNUL <~ a contract>

— void·able adjective

— void·er noun

Synonyms

[1] clear, empty, evacuate, vacate—more at EMPTY

[3] abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind—more at ABOLISH

voi·là interjection [ORIGIN: F]

— used to call attention or to express satisfaction or approval

voile noun : a sheer fabric used for women's clothing and curtains

vol abbreviation 1 volume

2 volunteer

vol·a·tile adjective 1 : readily becoming a vapor at a relatively low temperature

2 : likely to change suddenly

— vol·a·til·i·ty noun

— vol·a·til·ize verb

Synonyms

capricious, changeable, fickle, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable—more at FICKLE

vol·ca·nic adjective 1 : of, relating to, or produced by a volcano

2 : explosively violent

Synonyms

explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hot, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, violent—more at VIOLENT

vol·ca·nism noun : volcanic action or activity

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