Waylay

Word WAYLAY
Character 6
Hyphenation way lay
Pronunciations /ˈweɪleɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Waylay"

What do we mean by waylay?

To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. synonym: ambush. transitive verb

To approach and speak to (a person on the way to a destination or in the middle of an activity). transitive verb

To interrupt the course or progress of. transitive verb

To lie in wait for in the way, in order to lay hold of for some purpose; particularly, to lie in wait for with the view of accosting, seizing, assaulting, robbing, or slaying; take in ambush: as, to waylay a traveler.

To beset with ambushes or ambuscades; ambuscade.

To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush. transitive verb

To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. verb

To accost or intercept unexpectedly. verb

Wait in hiding to attack verb

To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.

To accost or intercept unexpectedly.

To be struck forcibly about the head, neck and chest area by a person or object, and/or to be verbally accosted in a fearsome and demeaning manner. It is nearly impossible to be waylay'd and remain standing. Urban Dictionary

Drunk, or fucked up on something. Urban Dictionary

To play a guitar very quickly and heavily Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Waylay

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The word "waylay" in example sentences

Curtis started, to what you have called waylay him in the avenue. ❋ Charles James Lever (1839)

They switched their car's headlights off and drove along another street to "waylay" the police vehicle. ❋ Unknown (1998)

When zombies waylay you, they will not be merciful because you are helpless. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A body can waste time on a summers day without having to waylay quite so many resources, far better go go fishin or fling a few shafts (or rounds) downrange. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Neumann said his troops also protect the local population from bandits and extortionists who try to waylay travelers and exact illegal tolls. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the roadside, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"At the river, older street children waylay girls who come to fetch water," one boy recounts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

However, given the potential pitfalls that could still waylay the markets, many strategists and investors are keeping portfolios light on the riskiest investments. ❋ Tom Lauricella (2011)

Like Solzhenitsyn said, if the people lay in wait under staircases with sticks and kitchen knives to waylay the Cheka when they came at night, rather than hiding in their own apartments, they could have made it too costly for the Soviets to imprison and murder so many millions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Col. Neumann said his troops also protect the local population from bandits and extortionists who try to waylay travelers and exact illegal tolls. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In another he hoisted a robber who tried to waylay him. ❋ C. J. Chivers (2010)

They had been instructed to waylay travelers and lead them into the bush. ❋ C. J. Chivers (2010)

That's to say I want to waylay the common, all-too-plausible idea that the solution to frustration is satisfaction, or that happiness is the answer to unhappiness, or that if we get rid of the bad things, the good things will start happening. ❋ Adam Phillips (2010)

It might work as a nice inner conflict the hero has to choose between abandoning the prisoner and saving his king, but to go and actually try to save those prisoners is very likely going to waylay your story and send the plot off on a tangent. ❋ Janice Hardy (2010)

If you cut your teeth on Katrina, nothing's going to waylay you in the future. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Issuing directions, he cautions against the cannibal who used to waylay travellers on the road ( "but don't worry, he was dealt with"). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The central issue in Norfolk: If you try to waylay and rob a ship at sea but you don't succeed are you still a pirate? ❋ Unknown (2010)

A Spanish warship caught seven Somali pirates red-handed in early August, men who had been trying to waylay a Norwegian chemical tanker. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"[Touch] my [beer], and you're ass is gonna get [waylay'd]" ❋ RNAIL (2009)

I [got] waylayed [last night] at [the party]. ❋ Payloader (2004)

Man [did you] here him waylaying on that [guitar]?! it was [sick]! ❋ HNICK (2008)

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