Wavy

/ˈweɪvi/ · adjective

Meaning

Rising or swelling in waves..

Definitions by Sense

1. Rising or swelling in waves.
2. Full of waves.
3. Moving to and fro; undulating.
4. Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
5. (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
6. (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
7. (slang) Drunk.
8. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Cool and fashionable.

Example Sentences

wavy seas

wavy swimming pool

wavy bridge

wavy hair

One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road. 'One of your Indian curiosities, I suppose, Dr Tulloch?' he remarked.

Per pale erm. and az. a fess wavy gu.

Parted per fess wavy gu. and arg.; over all a lion passant sa. pierced with a dagger ppr., hafted and pommelled of the second, the haft appearing between the shoulders and the point under the belly, tending towards the hind legs[…]

On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.

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• wavier
• waviest
• wavey
• wavies

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