(informal) Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment.
noun
(computing) Short for wait state.
(in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
(in the plural, obsolete, UK) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
(obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
A delay.
An ambush.
verb
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
(intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
(obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
(obsolete, colloquial) To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
(transitive, obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
