wavey

[ wey-vee ]

noun

, plural wa·veys.

1. a wild North American goose of the genus Chen, as the snow goose white wavey or blue goose blue wavey.

wavey

/ ˈweɪvɪ /

noun

1. a snow goose or other wild goose Also calledwawa

Word History and Origins

Origin of wavey¹

1735–45; earlier weywey < Cree we·hwe·w

Word History and Origins

Origin of wavey¹

via Canadian French from Algonquian (Cree wehwew )

Example Sentences

Israel wears Wavey zig-zag top, bejeweled beanie, acid cargo pants, chrome fanny pack, Planeta neon mesh shorts, Tuzza custom reflector earring.

From Los Angeles Times

Solis wanted to highlight Planeta and Wavey because they felt like family in his mind — with a shared ethos, a look that felt like it was drawing from similar references.

From Los Angeles Times

This is shown in the styling of one of the models, Jorge, who wears reworked checkered Dickies shorts from Planeta pointing to an early-2000s L.A. skater aesthetic, and a blinged-out shirt with the initials “MX” from Wavey as a nod to Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times

Solis, an L.A. native who now lives in Mexico City, where much of his family is from, wanted the photos to tell a story about the connection between two brands — L.A.-based Planeta and Mexico City-based Wavey — and in a larger sense, to “blur the lines between how people perceive what fashion is, or how it should look, in both the contexts of L.A. and Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times

Wavey, a Mexico City brand and store founded by Talulah Rodriguez-Anderson in 2018, makes the kind of things you might wear at a rave on the beach.

From Los Angeles Times