wavy

Alternative forms

• wavey (uncommon)

Adjective

wavy (comparative wavier, superlative waviest)

1. rising or swelling in waves.

   wavy seas

2. Full of waves.

   wavy swimming pool

3. Moving to and fro; undulating.

   wavy bridge

4. Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.

   wavy hair

5. (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
6. (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
   • 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland: Forming an Extensive Ordinary of British Armorials; Upon an Entirely New Plan ..., page 708:

     Per pale erm. and az. a fess wavy gu.

   • 1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 105:

     Parted per fess wavy gu. and arg.; over all a lion passant sa. pierced with a dagger ppr., hafted and pommelled of the second, the haft appearing between the shoulders and the point under the belly, tending towards the hind legs […]

7. (slang) Drunk.

Noun

wavy (plural wavies)

1. (possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).
   • 1862, The Zoologist: a popular miscellany of natural history, volume 20, page 7835:

     According to Indian report, a great breeding-ground for the blue wavy is the country lying in the interior of the north-east point of Labrador, Cape Dudley Digges.

   • 1888, Journals of the Senate of Canada, volume 22, Appendix 1, page 237:

     The blue and white wavies breed in the barren grounds and feed chiefly on berries.