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way enough

US/weɪ əˈnʌf/

way enough interjection: a coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.

Interjection

  1. (Canada, US) A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.

Verb

way enough (third-person singular simple present way enoughs, present participle way enoughing, simple past and past participle way enoughed)

  1. (Canada, US) To stop rowing after a "way enough" command.

Antonyms of way enough

Forms of way enough

Interjection
alternative formweigh enough
alternative formway 'nuff
Verb
third-person singular presentway enoughs
present participleway enoughing
past participleway enoughed
pastway enoughed

Origin of way enough

way (“headway, speed”) + enough.

Questions about way enough

What does way enough mean?
Way enough means a coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.
What part of speech is way enough?
Way enough can be an interjection or a verb.
How do you pronounce way enough?
Way enough is pronounced /weɪ əˈnʌf/ (US).

Words near way enough in the dictionary

  1. way
  2. way back
  3. way back when
  4. way bill
  5. way bills
  6. way enough
  7. way enoughed
  8. way enoughing
  9. way enoughs
  10. way in
  11. way leave

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