wavy

wavy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪvi/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvi

Etymology 1

wave +‎ -y

Adjective

wavy (comparative wavier, superlative waviest)

1. rising or swelling in waves.
2. Full of waves.
3. Moving to and fro; undulating.
4. Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
5. (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
6. (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
7. (slang) drunk

Translations

rising or swelling in waves

Finnish: aaltoileva (fi), vellova (fi) French: ondulant (fr) Maori: pūngarungaru

Romanian: unduios (ro) Spanish: ondulante (es), ondeante (es)

full of waves

Finnish: aaltoinen (fi) Maori: pūngarungaru Romanian: unduios (ro)

Spanish: undoso Turkish: dalgalı (tr)

undulating

Finnish: aaltoileva (fi), vellova (fi) French: ondulant (fr) Maori: pūngarungaru

Russian: коле́блющийся (ru) (kolébljuščijsja) Spanish: ondulatorio (es) Turkish: dalgalı (tr)

waved

Finnish: aaltoinen (fi) French: ondulé (fr) Irish: dréimreach (of hair) Maori: māwhai (refers to hair), kapu māhora (referring to hair), kapu māhora (referring to hair)

Russian: волни́стый (ru) (volnístyj), волнообра́зный (ru) (volnoobráznyj) Spanish: ondulado (es) Turkish: dalgalı (tr)

botany

Finnish: aaltoileva (fi)

heraldry

French: ondé (fr) m German: Wellenschnitt m

Italian: ondato (it) m Spanish: ondado m

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Japanese: くねくねした (kunekune shita), ウエーブのかかった (uēbu no kakatta)

Etymology 2

See wavey.

Noun

wavy (plural wavies)

1. (possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).
   • 1862, in The Zoologist: a popular miscellany of natural history, volume 20, page 7835:

     According to Indian report, a great breeding-ground for the blue wavy is the country lying in the interior of the north-east point of Labrador, Cape Dudley Digges.

   • 1888, in the Journals of the Senate of Canada, volume 22, Appendix 1, page 237:

     The blue and white wavies breed in the barren grounds and feed chiefly on berries.