Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  profound(Noun) The deep; the sea; the ocean. God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned. 2  profound(Noun) An abyss. 3  profound(Verb) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.  profound(Verb) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
National Lampoon's Vacation, sometimes referred to as Vacation, is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron, and Anthony Michael Hall.
It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating roadside homicides that ensue after a struggling car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law (Harve Presnell).