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verb (used with object)
1.
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
2.
to move (the tongue), as in idle or indiscreet chatter.
3.
to shake (a finger) at someone, as in reproach.
4.
to move or nod (the head).
verb (used without object)
5.
to be moved from side to side or one way and the other, especially rapidly and repeatedly, as the head or the tail.
6.
to move constantly, especially in idle or indiscreet chatter: Her behavior caused local tongues to wag.
7.
to get along; travel; proceed: Let the world wag how it will.
8.
to totter or sway.
9.
British Slang. to play truant; play hooky.
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Wagging
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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
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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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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