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[ weyst-band, -buhnd ] / ˈweɪstˌbænd, -bənd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR waistband ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers. Origin of waistbandFirst recorded in 1575–85; waist + band2 Words nearby waistbandwairsh, wairua, WAIS, WAIS-R, waist, waistband, waistcloth, waistcoat, waistcoating, waist-deep, waisted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for waistbandThe cop shot and killed Graham, later saying the teen had reached for his waistband. ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture|Michael Daly|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST When Washington reached into his waistband, the LAPD officers shot him in the head. Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls|Emily Shire|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST He lifted his t-shirt and showed us a long scar, running from sternum to waistband. Watching ISIS Come to Power Again|Elliot Ackerman|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was wearing a baseball hat, a jacket and jeans with a pistol stuck in his waistband. Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End|Michael Daly|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had one of the men up against a fence when he felt something too familiar in the waistband. VMAs Red Carpet in Brooklyn Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without NYPD|Michael Daly|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST I thought of all the things a cop might wear on his waistband, of the utility-belt that DHS guy in the truck had worn. Little Brother|Cory Doctorow “I am afraid not,” she answered, looking down for a moment at the buckle in her waistband. The Missioner|E. Phillips Oppenheim The pointed bodice only lasted for a few years, when the waistband again became the favourite. Dress design|Talbot Hughes You touched a spring in its waistband and it flew open, and then it was a workbox. Life and Death of Harriett Frean|May Sinclair We wrapped the body in the sheet which was around its waist, having taken the money from the waistband. Confessions of a Thug|Philip Meadows Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for waistband
nounan encircling band of material to finish and strengthen a skirt or trousers at the waist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to waistbandring, string, ribbon, strap, girdle, cincture, sash, cummerbund, corset, frame, scarf, belt, obi, casement, band, underwear, undergarment |