Definition of "W"

W

/ˈdʌb(əl)juː/

letter
upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's
1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
noun
plural Ws
1. Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).
  Quotations
  From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
  2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 332
2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
3. Abbreviation of Wednesday.
4. (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
5. (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
6. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.
7. (Internet slang, countable) A win.
noun
1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of week.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of west.
proper noun
1. (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
adjective
comparative more W, superlative most W
1. (slang) Excellent, top-notch.