wavey

[wey-vee]

noun

plural

waveys 

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

wavey

/ ˈweɪvɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wavey¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wavey¹

via Canadian French from Algonquian (Cree wehwew )

Example Sentences

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.

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Israel wears Wavey zig-zag top, bejeweled beanie, acid cargo pants, chrome fanny pack, Planeta neon mesh shorts, Tuzza custom reflector earring.

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Solis wanted to highlight Planeta and Wavey because they felt like family in his mind — with a shared ethos, a look that felt like it was drawing from similar references.

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This is shown in the styling of one of the models, Jorge, who wears reworked checkered Dickies shorts from Planeta pointing to an early-2000s L.A. skater aesthetic, and a blinged-out shirt with the initials “MX” from Wavey as a nod to Mexico City.

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Solis, an L.A. native who now lives in Mexico City, where much of his family is from, wanted the photos to tell a story about the connection between two brands — L.A.-based Planeta and Mexico City-based Wavey — and in a larger sense, to “blur the lines between how people perceive what fashion is, or how it should look, in both the contexts of L.A. and Mexico.”

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