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waistband

[ weyst-band, -buhnd ]

noun

  1. a band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.


waistband

/ ˈweɪstˌbænd /

noun

  1. an encircling band of material to finish and strengthen a skirt or trousers at the waist


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Word History and Origins

Origin of waistband1

First recorded in 1575–85; waist + band 2

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Example Sentences

The cop shot and killed Graham, later saying the teen had reached for his waistband.

When Washington reached into his waistband, the LAPD officers shot him in the head.

He lifted his t-shirt and showed us a long scar, running from sternum to waistband.

He was wearing a baseball hat, a jacket and jeans with a pistol stuck in his waistband.

He had one of the men up against a fence when he felt something too familiar in the waistband.

I tried to stanch it with my waistband, but ineffectually; it relieved him for a moment, and he asked for water.

We wrapped the body in the sheet which was around its waist, having taken the money from the waistband.

He carried a blunderbuss in his hand, another tucked under his arm, and a brace of holster pistols stuck in his waistband.

Only George the Hussite stood by with a smile on his face and his thumbs stuck in his waistband.

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.

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