(intransitive, informal) To want to leave something.

Indicates that a position of employment is open.

plural of want-away

A children's game, a variant of prisoners' bars.

(chiefly Internet slang) Used as an expression to indicate one's desire to have something.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, want.

A printed public announcement that the authorities want to apprehend a person for a crime; normally, a reward is offered.

plural of want list

(intransitive, stative, idiomatic) To be in a state of doing or being about to do something that one is likely to regret; usually unknowingly or forgetfully.

(idiomatic) To ask (used as a dialogue marker or introductory statement).