Reverse Dictionary: WAIT

ADJECTIVES
► ON A LEAN waiting → 1910s Aust. sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► HALF A MO wait a moment, hang on → L19 sl.
► HALF A TICK wait a bit, hang on → 1910s sl.
► HOLD HARD! wait a moment! stop! → c1760
► HOLD IT! wait! stay in precisely that position → c1910 colloq.
► HOLD YOUR HORSES! wait! → 1842 US sl.
► WAIT UP! wait for me! → 1944 US sl.

NOUNS
► ABODE a waiting; delay → a1250 obs.
► ON-WAITING a waiting for something; a tarrying for the accomplishment of what is desired or expected → c1610 Sc.
► TARRIANCE waiting, abiding in expectation; awaiting → 1561 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABIDER a person who waits, awaits, or tarries → 1499 obs.
► ONWAITER a person who waits for something → c1610 Sc.

VERBS
► BEHAD to wait, to stop; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain → 1768 Sc.
► BEHOLD to wait, to stop → a1670 obs.
► BELAY to wait, to stop; to cancel, to disregard → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BITE UPON THE BRIDLE to wait impatiently, to champ the bit like a restless horse → c1530 obs.
► COOL ONE’S TOES to be kept waiting → 1665 obs.
► COOL ONE’S HEELS to rest, esp. after the feet have become hot with walking; to wait, to be kept waiting → 1606 obs.
► DANGLE to keep waiting → 1960s sl.
► HARKEN ►HEARKEN to wait, to lie in wait → 1580 obs.
► HOLD ONE’S POTATO to wait, to be patient, not be hasty → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HOLD THE PHONE to wait a minute; to delay → 1930s US sl.
► HOVE to wait, to tarry, to linger, to stay, to remain → c1220 obs.
► KEEP to wait for, to await a coming event or person → c1000 obs.
► KICK ONE’S HEELS to wait, esp. idly or impatiently → 1703 UK
► LAMP to wait patiently → 2006 African-American sl.
► LANT to keep waiting; to delay; to disappoint → 1882 Eng. dial.
► LAY CHILLY to wait patiently; to remain motionless → 1978 US sl.
► LAY FOR to lie in wait for; to plan revenge against, to be out to get → 1865 Amer. dial.
► LET to wait, to delay, to tarry → c1385 obs.
► LIE AT THE CATCH to lie in wait; to be on the watch for an opportunity of catching or seizing something → 1642 obs.
► PRESTOLATE to wait for, to await → 1653 obs.
► SIT to lie in wait or in ambush → c825 obs.
► SIT CHILLY to wait patiently; to remain motionless → 1988 US sl.
► STOOGE to wait around, to idle → 1940s sl.
► STRING ALONG to keep a person waiting or in a state of uncertainty → 20C colloq.
► SWEAT ON IT to wait apprehensively → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE ONE’S HURRY to wait, to take one’s time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THOOTLE to wait, to endure → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAIT ON to wait for someone or something → 1817 Amer. dial.