weigh enough
English
Alternative forms
- way enough, way 'nuff
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from weigh (“to lift into the air”), or from way (“headway, speed”) + enough.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /weɪ əˈnʌf/, [weɪˈnʌf], [weɪˈnʌp̚], [weɪˈnɑf]
Interjection
weigh enough
- (Canada, US, rowing) A common coxswain call that commands rowers to stop whatever they are doing immediately.
Verb
weigh enough
- (Canada, US, rowing) To stop rowing after a "weigh enough" command.
Usage notes
- This phrase is most often used on the water, but can be used in many rowing contexts in which a coxswain is directing rowers, such as loading shells onto a trailer, transporting launches, etc.
- This term is sometimes reanalyzed as wane (“to lose intensity”) + off, up, thus giving the verb forms: third-person singular simple present wanes off, wanes up, present participle waning off, waning up, simple past and past participle waned off, waned up.