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wait-a-while

noun

Etymology

Originally after South African Dutch wacht-en-beetje; compare wait-a-bit.

  1. derived from wacht-en-beetje

Definitions

  1. Synonym of wait-a-bit.

  2. Any of several thorny Australian vines or shrubs which impede passage, especially Acacia…

    Any of several thorny Australian vines or shrubs which impede passage, especially Acacia cuspidifolia of Western Australia, Smilax australis of eastern Australia and the Northern Territory, and lawyer vine.

    • In the new clearing by the creek where he had felled most of the big stuff, she attacked the landscape with anger, grubbing out the wait-a-while and bush-sword that was still guzzling round the stumps.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wait-a-while. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA