make waves
make waves verb: to cause a disturbance.
Verb
make waves (third-person singular simple present makes waves, present participle making waves, simple past and past participle made waves)
- To cause a disturbance.
- To upset the status quo.
- Synonyms:
- rock the boat
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, wave.
make waves meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
make waves in Tamil
- வியப்பு ஏற்படுத்து
make waves in Malayalam
- be disruptive, cause trouble, be troublesome
- ഓളമുണ്ടാക്കുക, ഓളം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക, അലയൊലി സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക, കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടാക്കുക, കലയ്ക്കുക, വിഘാതമുണ്ടാക്കുക
Synonyms of make waves
Forms of make waves
| third-person singular present | makes waves |
|---|---|
| present participle | making waves |
| past participle | made waves |
| past | made waves |
Origin of make waves
Derived from disruptions caused by waves in water.
Questions about make waves
- What does make waves mean?
- Make waves means to cause a disturbance.
- What is make waves in Tamil?
- Make waves in Tamil is வியப்பு ஏற்படுத்து. See Make waves meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is make waves?
- Make waves is a verb.
- What is the past tense of make waves?
- The past tense of make waves is made waves.
Words near make waves in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: make waves (page history and authors); make waves (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); make waves (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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