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by Dialach on February 2nd, 2004

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Are there any words in the English language that end in the letter V?

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  • by Alonzo Garbonzo on July 19th, 2005

    Alonzo Garbonzo

    maglev

    Magnetic levitation
    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=maglev

    spiv
    n : a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=spiv

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  • by zekethefreak on February 9th, 2004

    zekethefreak

    From "The American Heritage Dictionary"

    spiv: (noun) Chiefly British slang; 1. A usually unemployed person who lives by his wits. 2. A person who shirks work or responsibility; slacker

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  • by Christopher Woods on March 17th, 2004

    Christopher Woods

    Sneaking into general usage is the slang word "chav", which also means "kev" (another slang), which in turn means "townie" (YET more slang)... Basically a chav is somebody who dresses in sportswear, wears a Burberry cap at all times, even in doors, hangs around inappropriate places all day, drives a souped up Vauxhall Nova, and is generally a prat. www.chavscum.co.uk is a hearty tribute to all the Chavs of inner-city England - you can even find a guide on how to Spot A Chav on the very same site. :)

    It's not quite Oxford English Dictionary-worthy... Yet.

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  • by Aminor on June 9th, 2005

    Aminor

    And "shiv" for a stabbing blade, particularly one converted from something else, American and I thought British, but it's unknown to the OED.

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  • by Anonymous on February 23rd, 2007

    Anonymous

    How about luv, short for love

    Slang, of course.

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  • by Kim Siever on February 7th, 2004

    Kim Siever

    Not to my knowledge. So far as I can tell, words ending in a "v" sound actually end in either an "e" (such as love) or an "f" (such as of).

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  • by iwnit on November 28th, 2007

    iwnit

    "Kalashnikov
    a particular model of Russian assault rifle."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kalashnikov

    "Antonov
    Any of the Russian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau, typically large cargo planes."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Antonov

    "ollav (plural ollavs)
    In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor
    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
    Glittereyed, his rufous skull close to his greencapped desklamp sought the face, bearded amid darkgreener shadow, an ollav, holyeyed."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ollav

    "perv (plural pervs)
    (slang) Shortened term for pervert."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perv

    rev:
    ">>> Noun
    rev (plural revs)
    (abbreviation) revolution

    >>> Verb
    to rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past revved, past participle revved)

    To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
    He revved the engine in a rather macho style
    You could hear the engines revving from a mile away"
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rev

    "Sorrel soup is a soup made from water, sorrel leaves, salt and egg yolks. It is known in Polish, Russian and Yiddish cuisines under names spelled variously schav, shchav, shav, shtshav, derived from the Polish name szczaw for sorrel."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shav

    "sov (plural sovs)
    (British slang) Pound sterling.
    That car of his has got to be worth a few sovs."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sov

    "sav (plural savs)
    (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sav

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  • by Owl Zero on May 30th, 2008

    Owl Zero

    Only 3: lav, satnav and spiv!

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  • by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on May 30th, 2008

    Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo

    Here are all of them, according to Scrabble resources:
    dev ganev guv improv isogriv lav leitmotiv lev luv maglev moshav rev schav shiv spiv stotinov tav tolarjev vav

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  • by Owl Zero on June 2nd, 2008

    Owl Zero

    Wait a minute: there is one more: Topov (the monkey form the now-defunct children's programme Pipkins), but as far as I know proper nouns do not count.

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  • by wallbanger on March 1st, 2007

    wallbanger

    rev as slang

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