vacay

noun

va·​cay ˈvā-ˌkā 

plural vacays

US, informal

: vacation

a family vacay

vacay plans

If you're kicking yourself for not planning a vacay earlier, check out cheapie last-minute plane tix at one of these sites …

—Cosmopolitan

If you feel like you need a break from adulting, July is the time to take that mental vacay.

—Brandi Neal

Examples of vacay in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Basically, Belly’s mom, Laurel, and the Fisher mama, Susannah, do a joint family vacay every summer at Susannah’s family beach house. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025

Have a winter break vacay in the works? —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2025

Most of the major relationship milestones and potholes happen offscreen between the seasonal vacays, leaving us to find entertainment and meaning in the puny aftershocks. —Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 May 2025

Consumer demand was shifting from goods — like treadmills, TVs, cookware, all the tools of our various lockdown projects — to experiences (beach vacays, overseas flights, the Eras Tour). —Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above