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/viːp/ · noun
(US politics, informal) Abbreviation of Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination..
She’s running for veep.
So the veep becomes the peep [president] and picks a new veep who must be confirmed by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.
I have a meeting this afternoon at Citibank with some veeps.
Use veep when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Veep means (US politics, informal) Abbreviation of Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination..
Common synonyms include VP, VPOTUS, vice president.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She’s running for veep.
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