Word "WAIT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
Synonyms:
waiting
Examples:
the wait was an ordeal for him

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
look forward to the probable occurrence of
Synonyms:
await, expect, look
Examples:
he is waiting to be drafted

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
time during which some action is awaited
Synonyms:
delay, hold, postponement, time lag

Crossword Clues for WAIT

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Clue Source Date
"___ for me!" (cry while running toward the school bus, perhaps)
Expect (4) Mirror Quick 07 Aug 2026
Comedian has a delay (4) Mirror Cryptic 07 Aug 2026
"Hold up" Universal 30 Jul 2026
Stand by USA Today Quick 04 Jul 2026
Stand by load to be picked up (4) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 20 Jun 2026
"Hold on!"
Bide your time Commuter 12 Jun 2026
Hang about Puzzler Backwords 23 May 2026
"Hold on a sec!"
Be patient Thomas Joseph 30 Apr 2026
Impatient person's annoyance The Washington Post Mini 25 Apr 2026
Be delayed (4) Mirror Classic 13 Apr 2026
___ and watch (have patience)
Bide your time Commuter 23 Feb 2026
"Hold on!"
Be patient
Word heard before you're put on hold
Stand in line Newsday 05 Jan 2026
Delay The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 30 Dec 2025
Hang about Puzzler Backwords 30 Dec 2025
Bide one's time Wall Street Journal 29 Dec 2025
Bide time Commuter 26 Dec 2025
Hang around The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Dec 2025
Talked of 'importance': hold it! (4) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 13 Dec 2025
Abiding time Newsday 06 Dec 2025
"Hold on a sec!"
With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!" New York Times 27 Nov 2025
Hostess's estimate LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2025
Be patient Commuter 12 Nov 2025
"Be patient!"
Remain with auditor's burden? The Telegraph Toughie 21 Oct 2025
"Hold on!"
Bide one's time Commuter 23 Sep 2025
Delay The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 31 Aug 2025
"Be patient"
"Don't leave yet!" LA Times Mini 14 Aug 2025
Be patient Newsday 12 Aug 2025
Hang about Puzzler Backwords 08 Aug 2025
Stand by load being delivered The Telegraph Toughie 07 Aug 2025
"Hang on a sec"
Annoyance for someone with a reservation
Be patient The Telegraph Quick 23 Jun 2025
"___ Until Dark"; Audrey Hepburn/Alan Arkin movie
"Hold your horses!" New York Times 12 Jun 2025
Bide one's time Commuter 05 Jun 2025
"Be patient!"
Bide your time Commuter 07 May 2025
Hang on. There's a funny person outside (4)
___ at a bus-stop (4)
____ and see
Hold oneself in readiness
"Hold up!" USA Today 24 Apr 2025
Serve at a table
Work tables at a diner
Be patient
"Hold on!"
"Hold on!" LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2025
Hang about Puzzler Backwords 11 Mar 2025
Stand by Premier Sunday 02 Mar 2025
Don't go straight ahead, but serve at table (4)
"Heaven Can ___"; Warren Beatty movie
Lie in ___- or ___- up (4)
Hold back ace covered by joker (4)
"Hold your horses!" New York Times 31 Dec 2024
Be patient Newsday 26 Nov 2024
Holding a joker, bide one's time (4)
What Maroon 5 would like you to do, in a 2017 song title
A delay can be a heavy burden, it's said
"Be patient" Newsday 29 Oct 2024
Be patient Commuter 07 Oct 2024
"Gimme a second ..." LA Times Mini 29 Sep 2024
To go most of the way with it, takes time (4)
"Heaven Can
"Hold on ..." Eugene Sheffer 25 Sep 2024
"Hurry up and
Comedian has a delay Mirror Cryptic 06 Sep 2024
Expect Mirror Quick 06 Sep 2024
"Be patient"
Comedian has a delay Mirror Cryptic 14 Aug 2024
Expect Mirror Quick 14 Aug 2024
Bad news from a maître d' New York Times 09 Aug 2024
"Be patient!" Universal 05 Aug 2024
"Hold on a sec!"
"Hold up!" New York Times 28 Jul 2024
Request for patience Newsday 21 Jul 2024
"___ for it!"
"Hold on one minute" Universal 17 Jul 2024
Hang about Puzzler Backwords 02 Jul 2024
Be patient, showing sense about an article (4)
Be patient Universal 11 Jun 2024
Delay mentioning the weight (4)
"Not so fast" LA Times Daily 15 May 2024
"Be patient!"
Remain in readiness (4)
"Not yet!" Commuter 25 Apr 2024
Delay departure
Linger Mirror Classic 13 Apr 2024
___ a minute! (cry of surprise)
It is up to the state to remain in readiness
Be patient
Time spent in line Universal 01 Apr 2024
1978 romcom starring, co-directed and co-written by Warren Beatty (6,3,4)
See 11 Down Mirror Quiz 27 Mar 2024
Show patience when a wit is being clever
Hang around Mirror Quick 11 Mar 2024
Comedian has a delay Mirror Cryptic 11 Mar 2024
"Hold on a sec ..." Universal 25 Feb 2024
Be patient The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2024
Hold up a second!
Be patient Newsday 05 Feb 2024
Bide one's time Commuter 31 Jan 2024
Stand by The Telegraph Quick 19 Jan 2024
"Keep your shirt on!"
Intelligence required to get round a delay
"Not yet!" USA Today 26 Dec 2023
Serve in a restaurant Mirror Quick 24 Dec 2023
Comedian has a delay Mirror Cryptic 24 Dec 2023
Do this in the lineup
Checkout annoyance Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2023
Hold on, linger (4)
"Hang on for a minute!"
"Hold on!" New York Times 19 Sep 2023
'Hold on!' Newsday 06 Sep 2023
Work in a restaurant, say
"Time and tide ___ for none"
Sit tight Eugene Sheffer 04 Jul 2023
Pedestrian caution New York Times 30 Jun 2023
'Hold on!' USA Today 17 Jun 2023
"Hold on for a minute!"
"Hang on a minute!"
"Step 4: Grab a burger or magazine and ___ for the boarding to start!"
"I wasn't finished!" LA Times Daily 23 Apr 2023
'Hang on a sec!' USA Today 23 Apr 2023
"Don't go!" LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2023
Bide one's time Newsday 22 Mar 2023
"___ a second!" ("Hold on!")
"Cool your jets" LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2023
Phone support annoyance Wall Street Journal 18 Feb 2023
'___ ? what?' New York Times 11 Feb 2023
"Hold on a sec!"
Bide one's time Newsday 31 Jan 2023
"Hold on a sec!" Universal 14 Jan 2023
Be patient Thomas Joseph 28 Dec 2022
Be patient Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2022
"Hold on!" Thomas Joseph 07 Dec 2022
"Hold on ..." Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2022
'Hang on a moment . . .' USA Today 22 Nov 2022
Sit tight Eugene Sheffer 15 Nov 2022
"Hold on!"
"It's not your turn!" Universal 22 Sep 2022
"But ___, there's more!"
"Hold on ..." Eugene Sheffer 10 Sep 2022
'Hold up!' USA Today 26 Aug 2022
"Hold on" LA Times Daily 13 Aug 2022
Be patient USA Today 08 Aug 2022
"___ For It," song from the 2015 musical "Hamilton" composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Hold your horses!” New York Times 21 Jun 2022
'Hold your horses!' New York Times 21 Jun 2022
Hold back The Telegraph Quick 20 Jun 2022
Sit tight Eugene Sheffer 14 Jun 2022
Stand in line
Stand in line LA Times Daily 12 Jun 2022
'Whoa, whoa, whoa!' New York Times 11 Jun 2022
'Hold up' USA Today 11 Jun 2022
'Actually, hang on . . .' USA Today 31 May 2022
Serve at table The Times Concise 05 May 2022
Funniness about a delay The Times Cryptic 19 Apr 2022
'Comedian' encompasses a fashionable occupation — join the queue The Guardian Cryptic 05 Apr 2022
Stand in line, say
Typically stand in line with key The Guardian Cryptic 08 Feb 2022
*Brevity is the soul of ___ Universal 14 Jan 2022
'Slow down . . .' USA Today 03 Jan 2022
"Be patient!"
Cool one's heels, say
"Time and Tide ___ for none"
Stand by LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2021
"Hold on!" Thomas Joseph 15 Oct 2021
Hang on - is this a job for those in 14 across?
“Hold on a sec!” Wall Street Journal 19 Jul 2021
Sit tight
Sit tight LA Times Daily 13 Jul 2021
Serve ace: something funny about that? The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Jun 2021
Bide one's time The Telegraph Quick 17 May 2021
'Hang tight' USA Today 31 Mar 2021
Delay; hold back The Telegraph Quick 15 Mar 2021
'Hold on . . .' USA Today 13 Mar 2021
"Time and tide ___ for none"
Stand by Premier Sunday 17 Jan 2021
Hesitate to bring food to table
Hang around with barista, regularly
Turning up in Ratibati a wild, thorny plant
___ and watch
"Not so fast!" Universal 16 Nov 2020
"Hold the phone!" Universal 09 Oct 2020
"Hold on!" Thomas Joseph 07 Oct 2020
Hesitate to bring food to table
'Hang on' USA Today 30 Sep 2020
“Hold on!” Wall Street Journal 16 Sep 2020
"Hang on a sec"
''Bear with me'' Newsday 30 Aug 2020
Word repeated in an NPR game show title
"Hold your horses!"
Hang around in line Family Time 27 Jul 2020
Crosswalk verb Universal 10 Jul 2020
Checkout line annoyance USA Today 30 Jun 2020
"Hold on a sec"
What many do at the DMV Universal 07 Apr 2020
'Hang on a sec'
'Hold on ...' Eugene Sheffer 07 Feb 2020
Suspension of work in 4 down
"Hang on for a sec" Family Time 17 Nov 2019
Public golf course annoyance USA Today 28 Aug 2019
Serve at table The Times Concise 20 Aug 2019
Be patient
Stand by waste disposal unit casing
'Hold up!' Wall Street Journal 22 Jun 2019
Stand by
Stand by LA Times Daily 03 Jun 2019
Put on the back burner or give someone their dinner
Load being reported -- hang about The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Apr 2019
Delay, stand by The Telegraph Quick 09 Apr 2019
'Hang on!' New York Times 15 Jan 2019
Hold it Newsday 11 Jan 2019
"Hang on!"
Public golf course annoyance
"Hold up!"
Stand by
Be patient Newsday 18 Dec 2018
'Hold on!' Thomas Joseph 02 Nov 2018
"___! There is more to come." (hold up)
'Hang on'
Cool your jets Universal 20 Oct 2018
Bide your time The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2018
"The long ___ for freedom..."
"Please ___ while we prepare your order." (Barista's request to be patient)
Hold on Wall Street Journal 13 Aug 2018
'Hold on!' Wall Street Journal 08 Aug 2018
Sit tight Eugene Sheffer 13 Jul 2018
Stay to hear Terry who was held hostage The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jun 2018
''Not so fast!'' Newsday 27 Apr 2018
To hang around is a burden, we hear The Sun Two Speed 17 Feb 2018
Dally The Sun Two Speed 17 Feb 2018
Be stalled in a line Universal 12 Feb 2018
Show patience Family Time 11 Feb 2018
"Be patient!" USA Today 06 Feb 2018
Cool your jets
Be stalled in a line
Hold on
"Hold on!"
"Be patient!"
'Hold on!' Premier Sunday 31 Dec 2017
"Hold up!" LA Times Daily 29 Nov 2017
'Hold up!'
'Bear with me' Wall Street Journal 27 Nov 2017
Be patient, in a way Family Time 19 Nov 2017
Linger, delay The Telegraph Quick 27 Oct 2017
Sit tight Universal 16 Oct 2017
"Hold it!" USA Today 26 Sep 2017
''Don't go yet!'' Newsday 26 Jul 2017
Word on a street-crossing sign USA Today 21 Jun 2017
'Hold up a sec!' Wall Street Journal 11 May 2017
Reservations can help avoid one LA Times Daily 30 Apr 2017
Reservations can help avoid one
Cool one's heels LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2017
Cool one's heels
'Hold your horses!'
Restraining order Newsday 11 Feb 2017
What to do in a long line Universal 11 Feb 2017
Reservations can help avoid one
Cool one's heels
"Hold up!"
"Hold it!"
Sit tight
Word on a street-crossing sign
'Hold on a sec!' New York Times 06 Dec 2016
Put on the back burner and give someone dinner
Remain on hold Wall Street Journal 22 Nov 2016
Be patient
'Hold on!'
"Stop right there!" LA Times Daily 02 Oct 2016
Archbishop's envoy reported delay
Emergency room annoyance Wall Street Journal 18 Aug 2016
Stand in line, say USA Today 10 Aug 2016
Be patient Wall Street Journal 01 Aug 2016
Hold on LA Times Daily 19 Jun 2016
'Bear with me'
'Hold it!' New York Times 22 May 2016
"Hold on a second" Universal 17 May 2016
Be patient Thomas Joseph 04 May 2016
Bide one's time The Guardian Quick 26 Mar 2016
Cool one's heels Newsday 06 Mar 2016
Intelligence required to get round a delay
"You're going too fast for me!" Family Time 17 Jan 2016
"Hold on a sec!"
"___ for it ..."
Stand in line, say
"Stop right there!"
Hold on
"Hold it!"
"Let me catch up!" LA Times Daily 23 Dec 2015
What early arrivals often have to do LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2015
"Be patient!" Family Time 25 Oct 2015
Take orders, say New York Times 09 Aug 2015
Cool one's heels Universal 29 Jul 2015
Rest of the answer is in wordplay
Take table orders USA Today 28 Jun 2015
Be patient Eugene Sheffer 01 May 2015
Mark time Newsday 10 Apr 2015
Bide one's time Universal 30 Mar 2015
Be patient
Cool one's heels
Take table orders
"Bear with me"
Mark time
Mark time
Crosswalk warning
Bide one's time
What some lie in
Take orders, say
What early arrivals often have to do
Hold tight
Cool one's heels
"Let me catch up!"
Remain in line
Be patient
"Hold that thought!"
"Just hold on!"
Take no action
"Be patient!"
"Hold it!"
Hold up
Sit tight
"Just a moment!"
"Hold your horses!"
Serve tables
White Lion hit for the patient?
What some lie in
"Don't go yet!"
What early birds often have to do
Work in a restaurant
"Cool your jets"
Work in a restaurant
"Don't go so fast!"
Remain on hold
"Hold your horses!"
What super early birds often have to do
Steve Winwood lyric "I will ___ for it"
Tarry
Tarry
Bide one's time
See 68-Across
Cool one's heels
Stand by
Take orders, in a way
"Hold your horses!"
Checkout line complaint
"Hold your horses!"
Stay on hold
"Hold your horses!"
Twiddle one's thumbs
Stand in line
Be on standby
"Gimme a second!"
Hold on or hold off
"Don't go yet!"
Cool your heels
Hang around (for)
Stand by
"Hurry up and ___"
Word repeated before "Don't Tell Me!"
"Be patient!"
Work at a diner
"__, there's more!"
Emergency room concern
"__, there's more!"
Bide one's time
"Just a minute!"
"But ___, there's more!"
Tarry
Defer acting
Bide one's time, and a word that may precede the answers to starred clues
Stand in line
Stand in line
Bide one's time, and a word that may precede the answers to starred clues
"Hold up!"
What a raised index finger might mean
Queue annoyance
What a vertical palm may mean
Restaurant annoyance
"But ___, there's more!"
Hang out
Mark time
Stay on hold
Work at a diner, e.g.
Twiddle one's thumbs
Not yet 58-Down
Serve entrees, for example
Hold on
"Hurry up and ___"
"Hold on!"
Get in line, perhaps
"Back off!"
"Hold it!"
"Hold on!"
What people in a line do
Stand in line
What an out-turned palm may mean
Serve, with "on"
Sit tight
"Just a sec!"
What early birds often have to do
Cool one's heels
"You're going too fast for me!"
Mark time
"Just a sec!"
What early birds often have to do
Remain on hold
Stand by
Word said twice before "Don't tell me!"
"Hold on!"
Remain on hold
Be on standby
Display one's patience
Stand in line
See's partner
"Hold on!"
Be patient
Bide one's time
Stand in line
Hold your horses!
Not yet!
Not yet!
Stick around
Stand in line
Hold on
Queue annoyance
Hang around
Hold off
Linger
"Hold on!"
"Cool your heels!"
See 33-Down
"Hold up!"
"Just a sec!"
"Cool your jets!"
Linger
Hold off
Links annoyance
Word repeated before "Don't tell me!"
"Hold on!"
Street crossing signal
Hold one's horses
"Hold on!"
Hold your horses!
"Don't go yet!"
Hold on!
Hurry up and ___
What an outturned palm may mean
Hang around
Remain in line
Hold on!
Drum one's fingers
Work at a diner
Hang on
Linger
Time until seated
Links annoyance
Take table orders
Get in line
Be on hold, say
Funniness about a delay
Hold on
Work at a diner
"Hold your horses!"
"Don't start yet"
Restaurant annoyance
Be in readiness
Hold it!
Postpone action
Hold up!
Stand in line
"Hurry up and ___"
Web user's woe
Don't go
Tarry
Hold on
Take orders, in a way
Linger
Serve
"But___!"
Mark time
Bide one's time
Tarry
Mark time
Cool one's heels
End of quote
Hold the phone
"___ till next year!"
Show patience
Sweat out a delay
Show patience, in a way
Attend, with "on"
Serve, with "on"
Stand on line
Delay
" . . . who only stand and ___": Milton
Lie in ___
Pedestrian-sign word
Abide
Stay
Hold back
Interval
Be at hand.
Be ready.
Long pause.
Display patience.
"Don't move!"
"Hold it!"
Hand signal?
Stop order?
Bide.
Interval.
___-and-see policy.
Interval between acts.
Short delay.
What time and tide won't do.
Stand by.
Be patient.
Delay in anticipation of.
Serve.
Carol singer.
Sit tight.
Partner of see.
Stay.
"Don't go so fast!"
Mark time.
Street-crossing sign
Bide one's time.
What people on queues do.
Cool one's heels.
Delay.
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