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wave-off

WordNet
  1. (n) wave-off
    an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
Usage in the news

Many stood by eagerly holding signs and waving American flags as they waited for the men and women to get off the plane and into their arms. abclocal.go.com

Far off storm will bump up waves here. tcpalm.com

Far off storm will bump up waves here. tcpalm.com

Wave flips tour boat off Galapagos Islands . foxnews.com

Wave Warriors Off The Wall. surfermag.com

The fallout from TubGate continued for the Giants Monday, with everyone involved in the Prince Amukamara dunking incident waving it off as "horseplay" and claiming it had already been forgotten. nypost.com

House hearings, scheduled to begin in late February, have touched off a wave of panic throughout the US Muslim community. ashingtonpost.com

Even if most of them aren't showing off any talent beyond waving from a car on the parade route, there's no denying that celebrities visiting Indy for the 500 add a kick to the month of May. ibj.com

A single photo on Instagram has set off waves of excitement throughout the social media world. mix108.com

Dense fog could complicate the morning commute in Orange County Tuesday, though once it burns off, the week's heat wave resumes. ocregister.com

The discovery of two insects , each the size of a chocolate sprinkle, has set off a wave of fear among California citrus growers. portclintonnewsherald.com

Read about the new wave of defense systems that ward off threats like worms, spyware, viruses a. cioinsight.com

Authorities say a shark-fishing kayaker is lucky to be alive after a wave threw him into the Atlantic Ocean off central Florida. fortmilltimes.com

Jazz coach Jerry Sloan reacts to Dick Bavetta's waving off of Howard Eisley's 3-point shot in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals. deseretnews.com

For surfers, Hawaii means perfect, monster waves roling in off the Pacific Ocean. localnews8.com

Usage in scientific papers

Distance time of the EUV wave (red symbols) from a disk-view and associated EUV-WL CME (green symbols) from an off-limb view for the quadrature observations of 13 February 2009.
On the Nature and Genesis of EUV Waves: A Synthesis of Observations from SOHO, STEREO, SDO, and Hinode

The observed disk behavior seems consistent with off-limb observations of EUV waves showing two fronts which split at some point (e.g., Figure 12 and Section 11).
On the Nature and Genesis of EUV Waves: A Synthesis of Observations from SOHO, STEREO, SDO, and Hinode

From a polar off-limb map of the event a p of ≈ 0.12 R(cid:12) was deduced from the intensity distribution of the wave at a height of 0.17 R(cid:12) ,which is similar to the emission (formation) heights of EUV waves discussed in Section 5.
On the Nature and Genesis of EUV Waves: A Synthesis of Observations from SOHO, STEREO, SDO, and Hinode

Establish the properties of off-limb wave-related oscil lations.
On the Nature and Genesis of EUV Waves: A Synthesis of Observations from SOHO, STEREO, SDO, and Hinode

If propagated in the unperturbed system with potential V0 (z ) (i.e. internal waves are turned off, V1 = 0), each propagated mode Ψn (z , r; k) accumulates only a phase, i.e. Ψn (z , r; k) = e−ikrEn ψn (z ; k), and the unitary matrix is diagonal.
Constructing acoustic timefronts using random matrix theory

Usage in literature

The men gave me a fine salute as I was taken off and I waved good-bye. "Fanny Goes to War" by Pat Beauchamp

We cast off next day, amid the cheers and wavings of a great crowd. "Carette of Sark" by John Oxenham

The Engineer-apprentice made an emphatic beckoning wave and Dane slipped off the ear buttons. "Plague Ship" by Andre Norton

All the rest was wavin'; so just for sport I takes off my hat and waves too, grinnin' humorous at Vee as I makes the play. "On With Torchy" by Sewell Ford

Cephas sprang up, waving his right arm fiercely, and Barnabas shook off Charlotte's hand and was on his feet. "Pembroke" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

As the Phantom crossed under the lee of the Osprey, the three ladies waved their handkerchiefs to Frank, who took off his cap. "The Queen's Cup" by G. A. Henty

Then, with a final wave of the hand, the gondolas rowed off and Francis turned to look at his surroundings. "The Lion of Saint Mark" by G. A. Henty

And instantly their music shut off as if at the wave of an invisible hand. "The Way of the Wild" by F. St. Mars

At the same time the broken mast and sail were made out, tossing upon the waves, not very far off to seaward. "Romance" by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Then Becky went into her room, and took off her hat and coat and ran a comb through the bronze waves of her hair. "The Trumpeter Swan" by Temple Bailey

Usage in poetry
The gardens and, far off, the meadow-land,
Are like the fading depths beneath a sea,
While over waves of misty shadows we
Drift onward, hand in hand.
The shore whispers to the sea:
"Write to me what thy waves struggle to say."
The sea writes in foam again and again
and wipes off the lines in a boisterous despair.
One idle day --
A mile or so of sunlit waves off shore --
In a breezeless bay,
We listless lay --
Our boat a "dream of rest" on the still sea --
And -- we were four.
Good News, perhaps, may crown some far-off king.
Good News may peal the glory of the state--
Good News may cause the courts of heaven to ring.
She sees a hand waved at a garden gate.
I draw a freer breath, I seem
Like all I see—
Waves in the sun—the white-winged gleam—
Of sea-birds in the slanting beam—
And far-off sails which flit before the south-wind free.
The British, beaten off, had long departed,
The roofs repaired that stood beside the waves,
Some time had passed since all the dead were buried
And pinewood crosses placed upon their graves