Waylay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌweɪˈleɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Waylay is a verb meaning (transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
Meaning
(transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
Example Sentences
And when some of the friends, the ones who came every day, waylaid the doctor in the corridor, Stephen was the one who asked the most informed questions, who’d been keeping up not just with the stories that appeared several times a week in the Times […]
Word Forms
- waylays
- waylaying
- waylaid
- waylayed
Synonyms for waylay
Depending on context, synonyms include ambush, lurk, buttonhole, ambuscade, scupper, bushwhack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ambush, ambuscade, lurk, bushwhack, scupper, accost.
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