waylay

English

Etymology

way +‎ lay likely from Middle Dutch wegelagen (“besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌweɪˈleɪ/, /ˈweɪleɪ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈweɪleɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

waylay (third-person singular simple present waylays, present participle waylaying, simple past and past participle waylaid or (nonstandard) waylayed)

1. (transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
2. (transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.

Translations

To lie in wait for and attack from ambush

• Dutch: belagen (nl), opwachten (nl)
• Estonian: varitsema (et)
• Finnish: hyökätä (väijyksistä) + genitive kimppuun
• French: comploter (fr)
• German: wegelagern (de), auflauern (de)

• Japanese: 待ち伏せする (ja) (まちぶせする, machibuse suru)
• Russian: подстерегать (ru) (podsteregát'), подкарауливать (ru) (podkaraúlivat')

To accost or intercept unexpectedly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攔路搶劫 (cmn), 拦路抢劫 (cmn) (lánlùqiǎngjié)

• Dutch: onderscheppen (nl)

• German: auflauern (de)
• Ido: pisamar (io)
• Russian: подкарауливать (ru) (podkaraúlivat'), поджидать (ru) (podžidát')

See also

• ambush
• lurk