1. waist-deep - Adjective
2. waist-deep - Adverb
up to the waist
Source: WordNetthe water rose waist-high Source: Internet
A16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs after he was trapped between debris in waist-deep water for two hours after falling into the Allyn River in the Hunter region while canoeing on Sunday. Source: Internet
“It’s an extraordinary landscape, the trees that drowned, it was quite desolate from the floods and rain, we’re not talking waist-deep flooding, but ankle-deep, walking through mud and rain into the Kelly House. Source: Internet
Backstage behind a thin bamboo screen, around 20 puppeteers slosh around waist-deep in rubber overalls wielding the marionettes with long rods. Source: Internet
Competitors waited in waist-deep water for their wave, took a couple strokes and then did their best to perform on the 700-meter race track. Source: Internet