wavey

American  

[wey-vee] / ˈweɪ vi /

noun

waveys plural

1. a wild North American goose of the genus Chen, as the snow goose white wavey or blue goose blue wavey.

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wavey British  

/ ˈweɪvɪ /

noun

1. Also called: wawa.  a snow goose or other wild goose

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• waveys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of wavey

1735–45; earlier weywey < Cree we·hwe·w

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

wavey waveys

She charmed the audience even more as she introduced the new wavey So American – a song about the inside jokes she shared with an English boyfriend.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

Daniel Sturridge does his trademark wavey arm dance as he celebrates giving Liverpool an early lead.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2016

Traffic flow expert Prof Benjamin Heydecker at University College London says it's the first such wavey line he's seen.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2014

Wavvy – probably the most hooky and accessible of Blanco's tracks – almost breaks up the log-jam down the front as tightly pressed fans try and get "wavey" themselves.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2013

How does the wavey know where to find the rush-grown inland pools?

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

In the autumn, wonderful hunts are made of the southward-flying cranes, geese, and waveys, thousands of these great birds being killed and salted and put in ice chambers for winter use.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

When we leave Chipewyan August 17th, the fall hunt of waveys has already begun.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

With him we make the fall fishery and shoot our winter's supply of waveys and southward-flying cranes.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

Flocks of wild geese, principally the waveys, a very much smaller variety than the great grey geese, were quite numerous, as well as an occasional one of the larger kinds.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.