1. Being and remaining ready and available for use
   "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting"
   - waiting

See also: ready

• waffle iron
• waffler
• waffly
• waft
• wafture
• wag
• wage
• wage claim
• wage concession
• wage earner
• wage floor
• wage freeze
• wage hike
• wage increase
• wage scale
• wage schedule
• wage setter
• wage slave
• wage-earning
• wager
• wagerer
• wages
• Wagga Wagga
• waggery
• waggish