lying in wait
English Thesaurus
1. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | dry-gulching, |
| definition | : | the act of killing from ambush (noun.act) |
2. waiting in concealment; in ambush (adj.all)
| similar | : | concealed, |
| definition | : | hidden on any grounds for any motive (adj.all) |
3. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise (noun.act)
| derivation | : | ambush, still-hunt, |
| definition | : | hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | ambush, still-hunt, |
| definition | : | hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing (verb.competition) |
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