Waist (disambiguation)
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Waist is the narrow point of the body between the ribcage and hips. Other meanings derive from this by extension.
- Waist (clothing) is also a term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt.
- Waist, a variant of waistline, the line of demarcation between the upper and lower portions of a garment, which notionally corresponds to the natural waist but may vary with fashion from just below the bust to the upper hips
- Waist, a constriction in the body of musical instruments
- Waist, the narrowest part of a laser beam, see Gaussian beam
- W.A.I.S.T., acronym for an international softball tournament held in West Africa every year
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