wavy
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/ˈweɪvi/
Definition of wavy
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Rising or swelling in waves.
“wavy seas”
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adj
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Rising or swelling in waves.
“wavy seas”
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Full of waves.
“wavy swimming pool”
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Moving to and fro; undulating.
“wavy bridge”
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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.”
- Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
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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.”
- (slang)Drunk.
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(slang)Cool and fashionable.
“Wavy like Beyoncé on a surfboard”
noun
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(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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From wave + -y.
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