wait-a-bit

[ weyt-uh-bit ]

/ ˈweɪt əˌbɪt /

noun

any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, as the grapple plant or the greenbrier.

Origin of wait-a-bit

1775–85; translation of Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie<Dutch wacht een beetje

Words nearby wait-a-bit

waist-high, waistline, waist of heart, waist pack, wait, wait-a-bit, wait a minute, wait and see, Waitangi Day, Waitangi Tribunal, wait at table

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Example sentences from the Web for wait-a-bit

His nap had brought a return of appetite; and the wait-a-bit thorns showed the marks of his prehensile trunk.
The Bush Boys|Captain Mayne Reid
The British call them "wait-a-bit" thorns, and under either name they are equally dangerous.
Adventures in Swaziland|Owen Rowe O'Neil
I was busy all the afternoon in cutting ‘wait-a-bit’ thorns for a kraal.
The Bush Boys|Captain Mayne Reid
A sage-hen crouching low in sand and shadowed by wait-a-bit thorn twigs is pretty well hidden.
The Red Mustang|William O. Stoddard

The country was rolling veld dotted with wait-a-bit thorn-bushes; the farmhouses few but large; the roads heavy with sand.
The African Colony|John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for wait-a-bit

wait-a-bit

noun

any of various plants having sharp hooked thorns or similar appendages, esp the greenbrier and the grapple plant

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	wait-a-bit
释义	wait-a-bit [ weyt-uh-bit ] / ˈweɪt əˌbɪt / noun any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, as the grapple plant or the greenbrier. Origin of wait-a-bit 1775–85; translation of Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie<Dutch wacht een beetje Words nearby wait-a-bit waist-high, waistline, waist of heart, waist pack, wait, wait-a-bit, wait a minute, wait and see, Waitangi Day, Waitangi Tribunal, wait at table Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wait-a-bit His nap had brought a return of appetite; and the wait-a-bit thorns showed the marks of his prehensile trunk. The Bush Boys\|Captain Mayne Reid The British call them "wait-a-bit" thorns, and under either name they are equally dangerous. Adventures in Swaziland\|Owen Rowe O'Neil I was busy all the afternoon in cutting ‘wait-a-bit’ thorns for a kraal. The Bush Boys\|Captain Mayne Reid A sage-hen crouching low in sand and shadowed by wait-a-bit thorn twigs is pretty well hidden. The Red Mustang\|William O. Stoddard The country was rolling veld dotted with wait-a-bit thorn-bushes; the farmhouses few but large; the roads heavy with sand. The African Colony\|John Buchan British Dictionary definitions for wait-a-bit wait-a-bit noun any of various plants having sharp hooked thorns or similar appendages, esp the greenbrier and the grapple plant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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