waylays
Meaning of waylays
verb, 3rd person present
- stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
he waylaid me on the stairs
Information about waylays
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of waylays is: waylay.
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Hyphenation of waylays
way-lays
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- waylays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
waylays synonyms
Meaning make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning make a concerted or violent attack on:
Meaning take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force:
Meaning catch (an animal) in a trap:
Meaning catch in or as in a trap:
Meaning attack and rob (someone) in a public place:
Meaning approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively:
Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:
Meaning obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:
Meaning harass (someone) persistently for or to do something:
Meaning attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will:
Words that rhyme with waylays
lays, Malays, alays, malays, palays, blays, ballclays, brickclays, clays, fireclays, pipeclays, underclays, belays, delays, forelays, gondelays, owrelays, relays, rokelays, roundelays, virelays, flays, rocklays, allays, cullays, mellays, inlays, onlays, unlays, airplays, byplays, counterplays, displays, downplays, endplays, foreplays, gunplays, handplays, horseplays, interplays, misplays, nonplays, outplays, overplays, photoplays, plays, powerplays, redisplays, replays, screenplays
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