way enough
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editway (“headway, speed”) + enough.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editVerb
editway enough (third-person singular simple present way enoughs, present participle way enoughing, simple past and past participle way enoughed)
Usage notes
edit- This phrase is most often used on the water, but can be used as a "stop" signal in any rowing context in which a coxswain is directing rowers, such as loading shells onto a trailer, transporting launches, etc.
- This term is sometimes reanalyzed as wane (“to lose intensity”) + off, up, thus giving the verb forms: third-person singular simple present wanes off, wanes up, present participle waning off, waning up, simple past and past participle waned off, waned up.