VP

¹

1. verb phrase.
2. Also vp, v-p vice president.

v.p.

²

abbreviation for

1. passive verb.

V.P.

³

or V. Pres.

abbreviation for

1. Vice President.

VP

abbreviation for

1. Vice President
2. verb phrase

Word History and Origins

Origin of VP¹

From New Latin verbum passīvum

Example Sentences

The girl who went on to star in “True Jackson, VP,” a Nick sitcom about a high schooler who gets a job at a major fashion company.

From Los Angeles Times

It was after “True Jackson, VP” ended that Palmer needed those lessons most, she says.

From Los Angeles Times

During their post-election roundup, Griffin — who served as press secretary for former VP Mike Pence and as special assistant to Trump from October 2017 to September 2019 — kicked off the topic, saying, "We talk a lot about these different demographics and assumptions of where they're going to go, Latinos in Texas, a district that's 97 percent Latino, went 75 percentage points for Donald Trump. Why?"

From Salon

Had Biden won the nomination, he could have chosen a different running mate, but the Constitution does not grant the president a role in dispensing with the VP.

From Slate

The first time we heard our daughter’s anti-Trump rant earlier in the year, around the time VP Harris became the presumptive nominee, we laughed, not knowing where it came from.

From Salon