Slide
Slide verb - To move about in a sly or secret manner.
Wait
Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.
How words are described
| close | close slide | close wait |
| long | long slide | long wait |
| short | short slide | short wait |
| regular | regular slide | regular wait |
| Other adjectives: single, big, huge, little, last, extended. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Glass Smack and Slide: After the dome gets stuck over Springfield, there is a scene where a group of birds splat against the dome wall and fall down it, as hungry cats wait below.
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He's cool with it and can't wait to see the groovy fire and brimstone and demons...then is horrified to find his custom-made Hell is spending eternity with an old couple, watching their nonstop vacation slide show and listening to a mile-high stack of Lawrence Welk records.
Source: Cool and Unusual Punishment
Cite this Source
Wait and Slide. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slide/wait
Slide & Wait. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slide/wait>.
Wait or Slide. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slide/wait.
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