<B>waltz, </B>noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a smooth, even, gliding ballroom dance with three beats to the measure. In a waltz the couples make a complete turn to each measure (originally, rapidly and always in the same direction; now usually at a moderate pace and with changes of direction). <DD><B> 2. </B>music for it. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) a thing accomplished with ease; something simple; breeze. <BR> <I>Ex. His bold putt from twenty-five feet hit the back of the cup, jumped up in the air, landed outside the cup, and toppled in. After that, it was a waltz (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to dance a waltz. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to move nimbly or quickly. <DD><I>adj. </I> of, having to do with, or characteristic of the waltz as a dance, piece of music, or rhythm. noun <B>waltzer.</B> adj. <B>waltzlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>waltz-length, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> midway to the calf in length. <BR> <I>Ex. waltz-length gowns.</I> </DL>
<B>waltzy, </B>adjective, <B>waltzier,</B> <B>waltziest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> like a waltz; suggesting a waltz, as in qualityor tempo. <BR> <I>Ex. The phrases are natural, even obviously waltzy at times (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>waly</B> (1), interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) an exclamation of sorrow. </DL>
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<B>waly</B> (2), adjective, noun, pl. <B>walies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) wally. </DL>
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<B>wamble, </B>verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1a. </B>to feel nausea. <DD><B> b. </B>(of the stomach or its contents) to be felt to roll about (in nausea). <DD><B> 2. </B>to move unsteadily; stagger; totter; reel. <DD><B> 3. </B>to turn and twist the body about; roll or wriggle (about, over, through). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a feeling of nausea. <DD><B> 2a. </B>an unsteady movement (of a person or thing). <DD><B> b. </B>a rolling or staggering gait. </DL>
<B>Wampanoag, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an Indian tribe of southeastern Massachusetts at the time of the Pilgrims. </DL>
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<B>wampee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fruit of an Asian tree of the rue family, resembling a grape in size and taste, and growing in clusters. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tree. </DL>
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<B>wampish, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) to wave or toss to and fro. </DL>
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<B>wampum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>beads made from shells, formerly used by North American Indians as money and for ornament. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) money. </DL>
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<B>wampumpeag, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wampum made of white shells (less valuable than that made of black shells). <DD><B> 2. </B>any wampum. </DL>
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<B>wampus, </B>noun. <B>=wamus.</B></DL>
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<B>wamus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a type of cardigan (sweater). <DD><B> 2. </B>an outer jacket of coarse, durable fabric. </DL>
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<B>wan</B> (1), adjective, <B>wanner,</B> <B>wannest,</B> verb, <B>wanned,</B> <B>wanning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>lacking natural or normal color; pale. <BR> <I>Ex. Her face looked wan after her long illness.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>looking worn or tired; faint; weak. <BR> <I>Ex. The sick boy gave the doctor a wan smile.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>partially obscured; dim. <BR> <I>Ex. a wan moon behind scudding clouds, the wan sunlight of winter.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>lacking light or luster; dark-hued; dusky; gloomy. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) sad; dismal. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to grow wan. <BR> <I>Ex. His round cheek wans in the candlelight (Walter de la Mare).</I> adv. <B>wanly.</B> noun <B>wanness.</B> </DL>
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<B>wan</B> (2), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic or Scottish.) won, a past tense of <B>win.</B> </DL>
<B>wand, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a slender stick or rod. <BR> <I>Ex. The magician waved his wand, and a rabbit popped out of his hat.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any small, handheld device, such as a curling iron or television remote control. <BR> <I>Ex. I ... punched REW on my wand, [and] flipped over to Channel 4 of the TV (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) a rod or staff carried as a sign of office, especially a tall, slender rod of white wood, sometimes of ebony or silver, carried erect by an officer of the royal household, a court of justice, etc., on occasions of ceremony. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) a slat, six feet long and two inches wide, set up as a mark for shooting in archery, 100 yards away for men, 60 for women. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Scottish.) a slender, pliant stick cut from a stem or branch of a shrub or young tree. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) a young shoot; slender stem of a shrub or tree; slender branch or twig. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) a scepter. adj. <B>wandlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>wander, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to move here and there without any special purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. to wander around a city or in the woods. We wandered through the stores, hoping to get ideas for his birthday present.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to go from the right way; stray. <BR> <I>Ex. The dog wandered off and got lost. (Figurative.) She wanders away from her subject when she talks. (Figurative.) Don't let your attention wander.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to follow an uncertain or irregular course; meander. <BR> <I>Ex. a driver who wanders all over the road.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to be unable to think sensibly; be delirious; be incoherent. <BR> <I>Ex. His mind wandered when he had a very high fever.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) to fall into wickedness; be morally misled or corrupted. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to go aimlessly on, over, in, or through; roam. <BR> <I>Ex. to wander the city streets.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an act of wandering; stroll. noun <B>wanderer.</B> </DL>
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<B>wandering, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that moves from place to place; nomadic; roving. <BR> <I>Ex. wandering tribes, wandering herds of antelope.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the act of a person or thing that wanders. <BR> <I>Ex. Migration was at first characterized by aimless wandering, as in the case of primitive tribes moving up and down valleys in search of food for themselves and their flocks (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> adv. <B>wanderingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>wandering albatross,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large albatross, white with black wings, frequenting southern seas. It has the largest wingspread of any living bird. </DL>
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<B>Wandering Jew,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Jew in medieval legend who insulted Christ and was condemned to wander on earth till Christ's second coming. </DL>
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<B>wandering Jew</B> or <B>Wandering-jew, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of two trailing plants of the spiderwort family that grow and spread rapidly: <DD><B> a. </B>a variety native to eastern South America with white flowers. <DD><B> b. </B>a variety native to Mexico with white and purplish flowers. </DL>
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<B>Wanderjahr, </B>noun, pl. <B>-jahre,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a year of travel, especially one taken before settling down to work. </DL>
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<B>wanderlust, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a strong desire to wander. <BR> <I>Ex. Her wanderlust led her all over the world.</I> </DL>
<B>wandle, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(of a thing) flexible; supple. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a person) lithe, agile, or nimble. </DL>
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<B>wane, </B>verb, <B>waned,</B> <B>waning,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to lose size; become smaller; diminish. <BR> <I>Ex. The moon wanes after it has become full.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to lose power, influence, or importance. <BR> <I>Ex. Many great empires have waned.</I> (SYN) ebb. <DD><B> 3. </B>to lose strength or intensity. <BR> <I>Ex. Their early enthusiasm was waning. The light of day wanes in the evening.</I> (SYN) abate. <DD><B> 4. </B>to draw to a close. <BR> <I>Ex. Summer wanes as autumn approaches.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or process of waning. (SYN) decrease, lessening. <DD><B> 2. </B>the period of waning, especially the period of the decrease of the moon's visible surface. <DD><B> 3. </B>the amount by which a plank or log falls short of a correctly squared shape. <BR><I>expr. <B>on</B> (or <B>in</B>) <B>the wane,</B> </I>growing less; waning. <BR> <I>Ex. His power was on the wane. While overt anit-Catholicism had been on the wane for some years, there were, and still are, many people, including politicians, who benefit from religious divisions (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
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<B>waney, </B>adjective. <B>=wany.</B></DL>
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<B>wangan, </B>noun. <B>=wanigan.</B></DL>
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<B>wangle</B> (1), verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to manage to get by schemes, tricks, persuasion, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. to wangle an interview with the president.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to change (an account, report, or other datum) dishonestly for one's advantage. (SYN) falsify, fake, counterfeit. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make one's way through difficulties. <DD><B> 2. </B>to obtain something by wangling; use irregular means to accomplish a purpose. noun <B>wangler.</B> </DL>
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<B>wangle</B> (2), verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be unsteady; shake; totter; walk unsteadily. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to wiggle; jiggle. noun <B>wangler.</B> </DL>
