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waitin'

waitin' is the pronunciation spelling of waiting.

Meaning of waiting

Noun

waiting (countable and uncountable, plural waitings)

  1. (obsolete) Watching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
  2. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
    • Waiting for any news in a waiting room. (gerund)
  3. Attendance, service.
    • But it had never occurred to him that he should live in any other than what he would have called an ordinary way, with green glasses for hock, and excellent waiting at table.1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXXVI, in Middlemarch […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book IV, page 227

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What is waitin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Waitin' is the pronunciation spelling of waiting.

Words near waitin' in the dictionary

  1. waitest
  2. waiteth
  3. Waithe
  4. Waithes
  5. waithood
  6. waitin'
  7. waiting
  8. waiting a minute
  9. waiting and seeing
  10. waiting area
  11. waiting around

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