wave in

verb

Etymology

English wave + in. From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move to and from, wander”).

  1. derived from *webʰ-
  2. inherited from *wabōną
  3. inherited from wafian
  4. inherited from waven

Definitions

  1. To try, in public, to attract people into a business establishment.

    • Bonnie Powers is the walking, talking hotdog who waves customers in off the street and greets the children with a smile. http://valdostadailytimes.com/archive/x1155920621/Slap-Daddy-s-serves-it-fresh-and-hot

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wave in. 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