All waylay synonyms

verb waylay

• accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
• intercept — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
• ambush — If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them.
• bushwhack — to ambush
• surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
• approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
• buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
• ambuscade — an ambush
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
• lurk — lurking
• prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
• skulk — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
• slink — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• lay for — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.