📖 Definitions of "Waylay"
verb
- 1
To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
- 2
To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
🔄 Synonyms of "Waylay"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lurkverb | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. |
| ambuscadenoun | (dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy. |
| scuppernoun | (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another. |
| ambushnoun | The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise. |
| bushwhackverb | To ambush. |
| lie in waitverb | (intransitive) To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Waylay"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambushverb | The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise. |
| ambuscadeverb | (dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy. |
| lie in waitverb | (intransitive) To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly. |
| lurkverb | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. |
| bushwhackverb | To ambush. |
| scupperverb | (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another. |
| accostverb | (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. |
| forlayverb | (transitive) To lie in wait for; ambush. |
| lay forverb | (slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them. |
| insidiateverb | (transitive, obsolete) To lie in ambush for. |
| forelayverb | To plan; contrive in advance |
| lay intoverb | (colloquial) To berate; to scold. |
| lay onverb | To provide. |
| lay aboutverb | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, about. |
| lay outverb | (transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection). |
| bewaveverb | (intransitive) To blow or toss about; blow, waft, or sweep away. |
| lay oververb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To make an intermediary stop somewhere. |
| outambushverb | (transitive) To surpass in ambushing. |
| lurchnoun | A sudden or unsteady movement. |
| lay toverb | (nautical) To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to. |
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