vers

¹

[ vurs ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. (in the LGBTQ community) being or relating to a person who is willing to take either a penetrative or a receptive role in a particular sexual act, especially anal intercourse. bottom ( def 14 ), top ¹( def 19 ).

vers.

²

abbreviation for

, Trigonometry.

1. versed sine.

vers

abbreviation for

1. versed sine

Word History and Origins

Origin of vers¹

First recorded in 2005–10; shortened from versatile ( def )

Example Sentences

Lucy Vers' five-year-old son Elliot has Duchenne, the most common and severe form of muscular dystrophy.

From BBC

"It's pretty devastating. It changes your world upside down," said Ms Vers.

From BBC

"The reason we go to Newcastle is because this trial opened up and we were offered a space... so we didn't want to lose the opportunity," said Ms Vers.

From BBC

Matthieu Latrasse, un pilote de ligne actuellement premier du classement des 277 000 joueurs, demande à voler vers des destinations où se trouvent des oeuvres d’Invader.

From New York Times

Across the country, in New York City’s gay community, bar owners said the fourth attack in a month on VERS, an L.G.B.T.Q. bar — by someone who threw a brick at the bar’s window — left a neighborhood on edge.

From New York Times