Wagging
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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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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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wag1 (wæɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
Their hips wagging so much that their shoulders wag.
If you're looking for the latest in home exercise equipment, you may want to consider something with four legs and a wagging tail.
They came over to me looking abashed and wagging their tails.
The pups run up to the babysitter wolf, their tails wagging so much that their hips wag.
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