wantawayEnglishOxford New American Dictionarywantaway /ˈwäntəˌwā, , ˈwɑntəˌweɪ , wôntəˌwā, wɔntəˌweɪ / ▸ adjective British informal denoting a soccer player who wants to move to another club: it was the wantaway striker who was at the center of the action we can't have wantaways in the team—it's disruptive.