What is the meaning of WAIT. Phrases containing WAIT
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Hell's waiting room is British slang for a diabolical, horrible place.
Leave, get lost, as in “If you’re not a waiter, sneak†Type of burglary, as in as in “The hotel-sneak used to be my layâ€
To hurry up and wait for whatever reason. [Playing the waiting game again waiting for my lover to arrive.].
Terry Waite is London Cockney rhyming slang for late.
A typical situation where something is rushed into by personnel, but some form of delay forces them to wait.
n 1. A corpse 2. A person regarded as constrained, priggish, or overly formal. 3. A drunk. 4. A person: a lucky stiff; just an ordinary working stiff. 5. A hobo; a tramp. 6. A person who tips poorly. tr.v. stiffed, stiffing, stiffs 1. To tip (someone) inadequately or not at all, as for a service rendered: paid the dinner check but stiffed the waiter. 2. a. To cheat (someone) of something owed: My roommate stiffed me out of last month's rent. b. To fail to give or supply (something expected or promised).
Late. You're a bit Terry Waite
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imp. & p. p.
of Wait
v. i.
Ambush.
v. i.
The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
n.
A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
n.
A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
v. i.
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
v. t.
To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
v. t.
To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
v. i.
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
v. i.
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
n.
One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.
v. t.
To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
n.
A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.
n.
A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
v. i.
To watch; to observe; to take notice.
adv.
By waiting.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Wait
v. i.
One who watches; a watchman.
v. t.
To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
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