a band of musicians who go around the streets, esp at Christmas, singing and playing carols
Examples of 'waits' in a sentence
waits
I don't have any better idea of what waits for you than you do.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)
Then he waits for Rebecca to respond to this strange segue in taste; duly she responds.
Sean Thomas THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE (2001)
All related terms of 'waits'
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wait
When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives .
wait in
If you wait in , you deliberately stay at home and do not go out, for example because someone is coming to see you.
wait on
If you are waiting on something, you are waiting for it to happen , for example before you do or decide anything.
wait up
If you wait up , you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night .
wait around
If you wait around or wait about , you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives .
wait in a line
When people wait in a line , they stand in a line waiting for something.