Meaning of waitaminute | Babel Free

Definitions

Interjection. [A2]

Examples

““During the fight⟳.” / “Waitaminute, waitaminute.” Eddie waved both hands in front of his face⟳ to contest his father’s last⟳ statement. “There was no ‘fight⟳,’ okay? I don’t care what those witnesses say⟳. All we had was . . . an exchange⟳ of words.” […] “Waitaminute, waitaminute,” Big Joe said. “What happened before that?” […] “Waitaminute. Where are you going with that?” […] “Waitaminute, waitaminute,” I broke in. “I think⟳ you two are forgetting something, aren’t you? This was supposed to be Vlade’s book, remember⟳?” […] “Tuesday morning? Now, waitaminute,” Murphy said, shaking his head. “I didn’t say⟳ anything about working under a deadline.””

“We happily set⟳ to our task, creaming our presoftened butter and mixing in our dry ingredients, feeling like⟳ a couple of Ms. Clauses, when . . . oh no, waitaminute—we have⟳ baking soda, not baking powder!”

“Now, surely you must be saying, “Waitaminute! You can’t fit a house under a sign⟳! Just how big is this sign⟳ anyway?” […] Ah, but surely you must now be saying, “Waitaminute, tuna fish⟳ would go bad if you kept it in your pocket for weeks and weeks without refrigerating it.” […] Now, surely you must be saying, “Waitaminute! How could they live⟳ for so many years inside the fact globe?””

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