Synonyms of the word

waylay

• v. (transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
• v. (transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.

ambuscade

• n. (dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
• n. The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
• n. The body of troops lying in ambush.
• v. (dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

ambush

• n. The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
• n. An attack launched from a concealed position.
• n. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
• v. (transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
• v. (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

bushwhack

• v. to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress.
• v. to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country.
• v. to ambush.

lurk

• v. To remain concealed in order to ambush.
• v. To remain unobserved.
• v. To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
• v. (Internet) To view an internet forum without posting comments.
• n. The act of lurking.

scupper

• n. (nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
• n. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.
• v. (Britain) Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another; compare scuttle.

wait

• v. (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now…
• v. (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
• v. (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
• v. (obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
• v. (obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
• v. (obsolete) To defer or postpone (a meal).
• v. (intransitive) To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
• n. A delay.
• n. An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
• n. (in the plural, obsolete, Britain) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
• n. (in the plural, archaic, Britain) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially…