wagged

verb (used with object)

to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.

to move (the tongue), as in idle or indiscreet chatter.

to shake (a finger) at someone, as in reproach.

to move or nod (the head).

verb (used without object)

to be moved from side to side or one way and the other, especially rapidly and repeatedly, as the head or the tail.

to move constantly, especially in idle or indiscreet chatter: Her behavior caused local tongues to wag.

to get along; travel; proceed: Let the world wag how it will.

to totter or sway.

British Slang. to play truant; play hooky.

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noun

10.

the act of wagging: a friendly wag of the tail.

11.

a person given to droll, roguish, or mischievous humor; wit.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English waggen < Old Norse vaga to sway, or vagga cradle

Related forms

wag·ger, noun

un·wagged, adjective

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wag¹ (wæɡ)

—vb , wags, wagging, wagged
1.	to move or cause to move rapidly and repeatedly from side to side or up and down
2.	to move (the tongue) or (of the tongue) to be moved rapidly in talking, esp in idle gossip
3.	to move (the finger) or (of the finger) to be moved from side to side, in or as in admonition
4.	slang to play truant (esp in the phrase wag it)

—n
5.	the act or an instance of wagging

[C13: from Old English wagian to shake; compare Old Norse vagga cradle]

wag² (wæɡ)

—n
	a humorous or jocular person; wit

[C16: of uncertain origin]

'waggery²

—n

'waggish²

—*adj*

'waggishly²

—*adv*

'waggishness²

—n

Wag (wæɡ)

—n
	informal the wife or girlfriend of a famous sportsman

[C21: a back formation from an acronym for w(ives) a(nd) g(irlfriends)]

WAG

—*abbreviation for*
	(West Africa) Gambia (international car registration)

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Word Origin & History

wag

early 13c., probably from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. vagga "a cradle," Dan. vugge "rock a cradle," O.Swed. wagga "fluctuate"), and in part from O.E. wagian "move backwards and forwards;" all from P.Gmc. *wagojanan (cf. O.H.G. weggen, Goth. wagjan "to wag"), probably from PIE base *wegh- "to move about"

(see weigh). Wagtail is attested from c.1500 as a kind of small bird; 18c. as "a harlot," but seems to be implied much earlier:

"If therefore thou make not thy mistress a goldfinch, thou mayst chance to find her a wagtaile." [Lyly, "Midas," 1592]

Wag-at-the-wall (1825) was an old name for a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed.

wag

"person fond of making jokes," 1553, perhaps a shortening of waghalter "gallows bird," person destined to swing in a noose or halter, applied humorously to mischievous children, from wag (v.) + halter. Or possibly directly from wag (v.).

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

WAG
Gambia (international vehicle ID)

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"Masts in the offing wagged their tops;
The swinging waves pealed on the shore;
The saffron beach, all diamond drops
And beads of surge, prolonged the roar."

-John Davidson

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