English-Thai Dictionary

waylay

VT ดัก โจมตี  ดัก ปล้น  ซุ่ม โจมตี  ambuscade ambush bushwhack dak-jom-te

 

waylayer

N ผู้ ดัก โจมตี  phu-dak-jom-te

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WAYLAY

v.t.[way and lay. ] To watch insidiously in the way, with a view to seize, rob or slay; to beset in ambush; as, to waylay a traveler. [In this word there is little difference of accent. ]

 

WAYLAYER

n.One who waits for another in ambush, with a view to seize, rob or slay him.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WAYLAY

Way "lay `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waylaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Waylaying.]Etym: [Way + lay. ]

 

Defn: To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already waylaid. Shak. She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott.

 

WAYLAYER

WAYLAYER Way "lay `er, n.

 

Defn: One who waylays another.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

waylay

way lay |ˈwāˌlā ˈweɪˌleɪ | ▶verb ( past and past participle waylaid ) [ with obj. ] stop or interrupt (someone ) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way: he waylaid me on the stairs. DERIVATIVES way lay er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

waylay

way ¦lay |weɪˈleɪ | ▶verb ( past and past participle waylaid ) [ with obj. ] stop or interrupt (someone ) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way: he waylaid me on the stairs. DERIVATIVES waylayer noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

waylay

waylay verb 1 we were waylaid and robbed: ambush, hold up, attack, assail, rob; informal mug, stick up. 2 several people waylaid her for an interview: accost, detain, intercept, take aside, pounce on, importune; informal buttonhole.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

waylay

waylay verb 1 we were on our way to Winchester when we were waylaid and robbed: ambush, hold up, attack, assail, rob; lie in wait for, lay a trap for, trap, entrap; informal mug, stick up. 2 a series of people waylaid her to chat before she was out of the room: accost, detain, intercept, take aside, stop and talk to, pounce on, swoop down on, importune; informal buttonhole.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

waylay

w à y l á y 動詞 →lay 1 他動詞 〈人が 〉〈(どこかに行く途中の )人 〉を呼び止める, …に話しかける ; …を待ち伏せする, 襲う .