Search Result for "wave-off": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt;
[syn: overshoot, wave-off, go-around]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wave-off
    n 1: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
         [syn: overshoot, wave-off, go-around]