[weyv-awf, -of] 
| 1. | (on an aircraft carrier) the last-minute signaling to an aircraft making its final landing approach that it is not to land on that particular pass but is to go around and come in again. |
| 2. | the postponement of a scheduled landing, as of a space shuttle, due to bad weather anticipated at the landing site. |
| wave-off | |
noun | |
| an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: overshoot] |