wait a while
1Wait-a-while — n. (a) One of the Australian wattle trees ({Acacia colletioides}), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes. (b) same as {Wait a bit}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2wait-a-while — waitˈ a while noun 1. A wait a bit 2. An Australian wattle growing in dense thickets • • • Main Entry: ↑wait …
3Wait-a-while — may refer to:* Acacia cuspidifolia , a plant that occurs in Western Australia * Smilax australis , a vine that occurs in eastern Australia and the Northern Territory …
4wait-a-while — /ˈweɪt ə waɪl/ (say wayt uh wuyl) noun 1. any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, especially Acacia colletioides, of the drier regions of southern Australia. 2. → lawyer vine. {transferred use of wait a bit or wait a while,… …
5Wait A While Daintree — (Cow Bay,Австралия) Категория отеля …
6wait — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, lengthy, long ▪ We had a long wait to see the doctor. ▪ short ▪ agonizing, anxious …
7while — 1 /waIl/ conjunction 1 during the time that something is happening: They arrived while we were having dinner. | He got malaria while travelling in Africa. 2 if something happens while something else is happening, it happens at the same time as it …
8wait-a-bit — /ˈweɪt ə bɪt/ (say wayt uh bit) noun 1. any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, as a procumbent herb, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa. 2. → wait a while. {translation of Afrikaans wacht een beetje, from the thorns …
9wait state — noun (computing) The period of time that a microprocessor must wait while fetching data from a slower memory • • • Main Entry: ↑wait * * * wait state, a condition in which a computer processor must stop functioning between instructions: »A wait… …
10wait a minute/moment/second — 1 used to tell someone to stop and wait briefly Wait a minute. I need to tie my shoe. Please wait one moment while I take this call. If you would just wait a second, I could explain what happened. 2 used to interrupt someone or something because… …
