sav
noun, adjective
sav is a noun meaning “A saveloy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-V, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of sav is savs.
What does sav mean?
noun
- 1
AustraliaUKinformalA saveloy.
- 2
slangA ruthless or badass person; a savage.
adjective
- 1
UKslangClipping of savage (“unpleasant or unfair”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sav?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sav.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sav
- savs plural
- more sav comparative
- most sav superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sav?
Sav appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with sav
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: savage.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does sav come from?
Clipping of saveloy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).