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Part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips
horizontal line where the waist is narrowest, or to the general appearance of the waist. Because of this and because the waist is often synonymous with
Waist
Archaic Chinese form of execution
Waist chop or waist cutting (simplified Chinese: 腰斩; traditional Chinese: 腰斬; pinyin: Yāo zhǎn), also known as cutting in two at the waist, was a form
Waist_chop
Indicator of health or fertility
The waist–hip ratio or waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is the dimensionless ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips. This is calculated as
Waist–hip_ratio
W.A.I.S.T. is the acronym for the West Africa Invitational Softball Tournament organized each January/February in Dakar by the local U.S. Embassy. This
W.A.I.S.T.
Measures used for fitting clothing
Bust/waist/hip measurements (informally called 'body measurements' or ′vital statistics′) are a common method of specifying clothing sizes. They match
Bust/waist/hip_measurements
2006 American action drama film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
Waist Deep is a 2006 American action drama film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and starring Tyrese Gibson and Meagan Good. Ex-con Otis Samuel Sr. or "O2"
Waist_Deep
Traditional African jewelry piece worn around the waist
Waist beads are a type of jewelry worn around the waist or hips and commonly worn in West Africa and North Africa. The beads are often made from materials
Waist_beads
Clothing which sits high on or above the hips
A high-rise or high-waisted garment is one designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips, usually at least 8 centimetres (3 inches) higher than
High-rise_(fashion)
Measure of the distribution of body fat
The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR, or WSR: waist-to-stature ratio) is the waist circumference divided by body height, both measured in the same units. WHtR
Waist-to-height_ratio
Type of corset (garment)
A waist cincher (sometimes referred to as a waspie) is a belt worn around the waist to make the wearer's waist physically smaller, or to create the illusion
Waist_cincher
Illegal block in gridiron football
In gridiron football, blocking below the waist is an illegal block, from any direction, below the waist by any defensive player or by an offensive player
Blocking_below_the_waist
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up waist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waist is the narrow point of the body between the ribcage and hips. Other meanings derive from this
Waist_(disambiguation)
Characteristic of human females
body. Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios
Female_body_shape
Monochrome light beam whose amplitude envelope is a Gaussian function
parameters: the waist w0, which is a measure of the width of the beam at its narrowest point, and the position z relative to the waist. Since the Gaussian
Gaussian_beam
The Waist (64°38′S 61°24′W / 64.633°S 61.400°W / -64.633; -61.400) is the narrow neck of land between Herbert Plateau and Foster Plateau in northern
The_Waist
1911 factory fire in New York City
fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers. The Triangle Waist Company factory occupied the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the 10-story Asch
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
Women's fashion silhouette
Wasp waist is a women's fashion silhouette, produced by a style of corset and girdle, that has experienced various periods of popularity in the 19th and
Wasp_waist
Reinforced historical European undergarment
Elasticated garments, such as girdles and waist trainers, are still worn today and serve a similar purpose in shaping the waist or hips, although they lack the
Corset
2006 soundtrack album to Waist Deep by Various Artists
from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Waist Deep is the soundtrack to Vondie Curtis-Hall's 2006 film Waist Deep. It was released on June 13, 2006 via
Waist_Deep_(soundtrack)
Excess fat around the stomach and abdomen
metabolic and vascular diseases. Visceral fat, central abdominal fat, and waist circumference show a strong association with type 2 diabetes. Visceral fat
Abdominal_obesity
Woman's undergarment worn beneath a dress or skirt
the breast to the fashionable skirt length. A half slip (or waist slip) hangs from the waist. The word petticoat may also be used for half slips. Slips
Slip_(clothing)
Line between upper and lower portions of a garment
lower portions of a garment, which notionally corresponds to the natural waist but may vary with fashion from just below the bust to below the hips. The
Waistline_(clothing)
Act of spanking another person for sexual arousal or gratification
Erotic spanking is the act of spanking another person for the sexual arousal or gratification of either or both parties. The intensity of the act can vary
Erotic_spanking
Clothing which sits low on or below the hips
navel. Low-rise jeans may be worn with crop tops to expose skin at the waist, torso, and hips, sometimes showing the midriff and navel, especially in
Low-rise_(fashion)
Aesthetic assessment of physical traits
Women focus primarily on the ratio waist to chest or more specifically waist to shoulder. This is analogous to the waist to hip ratio (WHR) that men prefer
Physical_attractiveness
Small fabric pouch worn like a belt
A waist bag, fanny pack, belt bag, moon bag, belly bag (American English), or bumbag (British English) is a small fabric pouch worn like a belt around
Fanny_pack
Pants/trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth
difference between the two is that the 517s sit at the waist line and the 527s sit below the waist line. Later, Levi's would develop other styles and fits
Jeans
Country in South Asia
wide at the waist but narrow to a cuffed bottom. They are held up by a drawstring, which causes them to become pleated around the waist. When the pants
India
Woman's dress style with a high waist and narrow skirt
Empire waist or just Empire is a style in clothing in which the dress has a fitted bodice ending just below the bust, giving a high-waisted appearance
Empire_silhouette
Body scale based on waist circumference and height
anthropometric tool for health evaluation. Mathematically, it is a reformulation of waist-to-height ratio, which is a simple calculation. Introduced in 2013, the
Body_roundness_index
Arguments about corsets in the 19th century
panic. Female fashion trends such as tightlacing or wasp waists encouraged excessively thin waists, leading to women possibly harming themselves to achieve
Corset_controversy
2010 Italian film
From the Waist Up (Italian: Dalla vita in poi) is a 2010 Italian film, written and directed by Gianfrancesco Lazotti. Rosalba (Nicoletta Romanoff) loves
From_the_Waist_Up
1976 single by the Who
"Dreaming from the Waist" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend and released on the group's 1975 album The Who by Numbers
Dreaming_from_the_Waist
Sleeveless upper-body garment
the cutting of the coat at waist-level, since at the time of the coining, tailors cut men's formal coats well below the waist (as with dress coats). An
Waistcoat
Worn band or braid, usually around the waist or hips
typically made of leather, plastic, or heavy cloth, worn around the natural waist or near it (as far down as the hips). Belts are worn to keep clothing in
Belt_(clothing)
Overview of the classification of the condition of obesity
index (BMI). BMI is further evaluated in terms of fat distribution via the waist–hip ratio and total cardiovascular risk factors. In children, a healthy
Classification_of_obesity
1999 single by Catatonia
"Dead from the Waist Down" is a song by Welsh rock band Catatonia, taken from their third studio album, Equally Cursed and Blessed. It was written by
Dead_from_the_Waist_Down
1984 live album by Hanoi Rocks
In initial pressing of this album's name was misspelled as "All Those Waisted Years", while correct spelling has been used with later releases of this
All_Those_Wasted_Years
Body jewelry worn around the waist
A belly chain or waist chain is the popular English term for the Indian jewelry called kamarbandh. It is also the popular English term for the Egyptian
Belly_chain
Label sizes used for garments sold off-the-shelf
natural waist circumference, the upper hip circumference and the lower hip circumference. Vertical torso measurements, which include the back (neck-waist) length
Clothing_sizes
Jacket originally worn by militaries
dictionary. A blouson or blouse jacket is a jacket that is drawn tight at the waist, causing it to blouse out and hang over the waistband. Originating in military
Blouson
Waist clothes, also called armings or fights, were colored clothes or sheets, usually red, that were hung around the outside of a ship's upper works,
Waist_clothes
Practice of wearing a tightly laced corset
estimates that the average corseted waist size of the 1880s was approximately 21 inches (53 cm), with an uncorseted waist size of about 27 inches (69 cm)
Tightlacing
Type of clothing
resembling an hourglass shape characterized by wide hips, narrow waist (wasp waist), and wide bust. Hourglass corsets first became fashionable in the
Hourglass_corset
Physical restraint worn by prisoners
chain (also known as a waist chain or Martin chain) is a physical restraint worn by prisoners. It consists of a chain around the waist to which the prisoner's
Belly_chain_(restraint)
Clothes worn under other clothes
those that are worn to cover the torso and those that are worn to cover the waist and legs, although there are also underclothes which cover both. Different
Underwear
Female body fat around the hips, breasts and thighs
and nurturing of offspring. This can be seen in the fact that a female's waist–hip ratio is at its optimal minimum during times of peak fertility—late
Gynoid_fat_distribution
Order of insects
divided into two groups; the Symphyta which have no waist, and the Apocrita which have a narrow waist. The suborder Symphyta includes the sawflies, horntails
Hymenoptera
Type of 19th to early 20th c. bodice or blouse
From the early 19th century through the Edwardian period, the word waist was a term common in the United States for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse
Waist_(clothing)
Type of viewfinder used in some cameras
The waist-level finder (WLF), also called waist-level viewfinder (WLVF), is a type of viewfinder that can be used on twin lens and single lens reflex
Waist-level_finder
Clothing for the legs and lower body
Canadian, and Australian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately
Trousers
Corset used in body modification
is believed to help cosmetic issues (such as waistline, commonly called waist training or in more extreme cases tightlacing.) In addition, the term "training
Training_corset
Anatomical feature on the posterior of some primates
straightening the body into the upright (standing) posture when it is bent at the waist; maintaining the body in the upright posture by keeping the hip joints extended;
Buttocks
Type of waist-length jacket
officially known as the M-1944 Jacket, Field, Wool, Olive Drab, is a type of waist-length jacket developed for the U.S. Army during the later stages of World
Eisenhower_jacket
Item of women's apparel
lingerie, in effect a brassiere that continues down, stopping around the waist or the top of the hips. The lower part can either be purely decorative,
Basque_(clothing)
Human female body shape
measurements – the circumference of the bust, waist and hips. Hourglass body shapes have a wide bust, a narrow waist, and wide hips with a similar measurement
Hourglass_figure
Group of wasps
superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other
Parasitoid_wasp
Band worn with Christian liturgical vestments
around the waist. The other type is a broad ribbon of cloth that runs around the waist and usually has a section that hangs down from the waist; this type
Cincture
Type of musical drum
or drum, characterized by an hourglass shape. They are also known as waisted drums. Drumheads are attached by laces, which may be squeezed during a
Hourglass_drum
Type of dress designed to fit close to the body, relatively unadorned
is a fitted, straight cut dress, often nipped at the waistline with no waist seam. When constructing the dress, the bodice and skirt are joined together
Sheath_dress
Women's undergarments including sleepwear
lingerie and intimate fashion contexts include: Waist chain (belly chain), a decorative chain worn around the waist or hips, often featuring pendants or layered
Lingerie
British body modification pioneer
record holder with the narrowest documented waist size, she entered the Guinness Book of Records with a waist circumference of only 13 inches. As a young
Ethel_Granger
American rapper (born 1976)
10, 2009, Crooked I released a digital-only solo EP, Mr. Pig Face Weapon Waist. "It's a spin-off of my Slaughterhouse alter ego", he said of the odd title
Kxng_Crooked
Concept in laser optics
}} , is the distance along the propagation direction of a beam from the waist to the place where the area of the cross section is doubled. A related parameter
Rayleigh_length
2012 single by Iyanya featuring Emma Nyra
"Ur Waist" is a song by Nigerian singer Iyanya. It features guest vocals by Emma Nyra and was released on 8 July 2012 as the second single from his second
Ur_Waist
Cluster of diseases occurring with obesity
is characterized by adipose tissue accumulation predominantly around the waist and trunk. Other signs of metabolic syndrome include high blood pressure
Metabolic_syndrome
American actor (born 1975)
(1994), Love Jones (1997), A Man Apart (2003), Crash (2004), Ray (2004), Waist Deep (2006) and the television series Rush (2014) and Game of Silence (2016)
Larenz_Tate
Country in West Asia
men wear a plain, wide strip of cloth wrapped around the body from the waist down. The most noted regional differences in dishdasha designs are the style
Oman
Belt, esp. as a liturgical vestment
underwear). The girdle as an undergarment or abbreviated corset around the waist is a different, essentially 20th-century, concept, but from around 1895
Girdle
Woman with the smallest waist (1937–2025)
Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person. Jung, who was 1.72 meters (5 ft 8 in) tall, had a waist that measured 38.1 centimeters (15
Cathie_Jung
(♀ women) Horizontal girth of the body measured just below the breasts Waist girth Girth of the natural waistline between the top of the hip bones (iliac
Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes
Joint_European_standard_for_size_labelling_of_clothes
Mythological creature
depicted in Mesopotamian art as quadrupedal felines from the waist down and humanoids from the waist up. The urmahlullu ("untamed lion man") is a mythical ancient
Urmahlullu
Pattern seen in radiologic examinations
The maiden waist deformity is a radiologic sign associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis, a condition resulting from the abnormal proliferation of fibrous
Maiden_waist_deformity
Clothing worn from the waist or hips
part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards. At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of
Skirt
Skirt-like undergarment, sometimes intended to show, worn under a skirt or dress
hanging from the shoulders or waist". In modern American usage, "petticoat" refers only to a garment hanging from the waist. They are most often made of
Petticoat
Traditional South Indian girdle
Araijan Kodi or Molathadu (Malayalam: അരഞ്ഞാണം Tamil:அரைஞான் கயிறு) is a thin waist ornament often worn by infants and children in southern Asia, particularly
Aranjanam
American adult animated sitcom
"Viva La Flappanista"), Pete's Friend #3 (in "A Waist-Down Ghost Town Shut Down"), Grieving Man (in "A Waist-Down Ghost Town Shut Down") Vernon Chatman as
Teenage_Euthanasia
Women's undershirt
camisole is a sleeveless undershirt typically worn by women, extending to the waist. The camisole is usually made of satin, nylon, silk, or cotton. Historically
Camisole
Country in South Asia
long, and of width spanning the lower body. The sari is tied around the waist and knotted at one end, wrapped around the lower body, and then over the
Nepal
Sheer waist-high nylon legwear usually worn by women
sheer tights, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 for the advertisement
Pantyhose
Human adipose tissue around the trunk and upper body
Central obesity is measured as increase by waist circumference or waist–hip ratio (WHR). Increase in waist circumference > 102 cm (40 in.) in males and
Android_fat_distribution
Camera angle shot from a medium distance
In a movie a medium shot, mid shot (MS), or waist shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance. Medium shots are favored in sequences where dialogues
Medium_shot
Suborder of insects
sawflies and the Apocrita is that the adult sawflies (the imago) lack a "wasp waist" or petiole; the segments connecting the abdomen and the thorax smoothly
Sawfly
Scottish skirt
tailored garment that is wrapped around the wearer's body at the natural waist (between the lowest rib and the hip) starting from one side (usually the
Kilt
Legendary aquatic man-like being
mermaid, is a legendary creature which is human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape. Sometimes mermen
Merman
Country in South Asia
national dress for Bhutanese men is the gho, a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt known as the kera. Women wear an ankle-length dress, the
Bhutan
Phemomenon of physical optics
by a Gaussian beam around its beam waist (focus). It is named after Louis Georges Gouy. At distance z from the waist of a Gaussian beam, the Gouy phase
Gouy_phase_shift
Relative weight based on mass and height
to be widely used for preliminary diagnoses. Additional metrics, such as waist circumference, can be more useful. B M I = mass kg height m 2 = mass lb
Body_mass_index
Women's pants with very full legs
unisex pants cut with a loose, extremely wide leg that flares out from the waist. Palazzo pants are popular as a summer season style, as they are loose and
Palazzo_pants
Clothing worn by miko
Like the original hibakama for female courtesans, the lower part of the waist is decorated with six long and seven short white usawashiito or sashinui
Miko_clothing
General shape of a human body
and thighs to their waists. Later fat is stored in the belly, similar to males. Thus females generally have relatively narrow waists and large buttocks
Body_shape
Broad waist sash
A cummerbund is a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with single-breasted dinner jackets (or tuxedos). The cummerbund was adopted
Cummerbund
Cord or string worn by ancient Greece and Etruria athletes
on at will. The remaining length of cord could either be attached to a waist band to pull the penis upward and expose the scrotum, or tied around the
Kynodesme
Men's formal knee-length coat
main body and also a high degree of waist suppression around the waistcoat, where the coat's diameter around the waist is less than around the chest. This
Frock_coat
Women's underwear
popular. In some cases the strap of the thong would ride above the low-slung waist of jeans or trousers, matching the fashion trend for exposed bra straps
Panties
Type of jacket
as a Baracuta jacket or a G9) or golf jacket is a type of lightweight, waist-length jacket made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede. Designs often incorporate
Harrington_jacket
Computer networking model
narrow (or thin) waist—is a way of describing layered system design in which a single, widely adopted spanning layer sits at the narrow “waist” of the stack
Hourglass_model
Abdominal segment of the torso
hyperlordosis Lumbar puncture Lumbar vertebrae Loin (also called lumbus) Lumbago Waist Watson, Stephanie. "Top Causes of Low Back Pain". WebMD. Retrieved 27 December
Lumbar
being assumed to be either proportional (the circumference of the neck, waist, hips, and thighs) or easily altered (length of the inseam). As this was
U.S._standard_clothing_size
Waist-high stand in which navigational instruments are placed
A binnacle (/ˈbɪnəkəl/) is a waist-high case or stand on the deck of a ship, generally mounted in front of the helmsman, in which navigational instruments
Binnacle
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