wavy

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈweɪvi/

Definition of wavy

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Rising or swelling in waves.
    “wavy seas”
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adj

  1. Rising or swelling in waves.
    “wavy seas”
  2. Full of waves.
    “wavy swimming pool”
  3. Moving to and fro; undulating.
    “wavy bridge”
  4. Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
    “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.”
  5. Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
  6. Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
    “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.”
  7. (slang)Drunk.
  8. (slang)Cool and fashionable.
    “Wavy like Beyoncé on a surfboard”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly)Alternative form of wavey (goose).
    “According to Indian report, a great breeding-ground for the blue wavy is the country lying in the interior of the north-east point of Labrador, Cape Dudley Digges.”
    “The blue and white wavies breed in the barren grounds and feed chiefly on berries.”

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Etymology

From wave + -y.

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