Veepとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: vēp, IPA: /viːp/
• 韻: -iːp

名詞

veep (plural veeps)

1. (US politics, informal) The 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.

   • 2020 October 12, CGP Grey, 1:01 from the start, in Being President: Most Deadly Job in America‎, archived from the original on 26 July 2024:

     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.

2. (informal) Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.)

   I have a meeting this afternoon at Citibank with some veeps.

派生語

• trophy veep
• veepstakes