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wag

  [wag] verb, wagged, wag⋅ging, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, esp. 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, esp. rapidly and repeatedly, as the head or the tail.
6. to move constantly, esp. 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.
–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; ME waggen < ON vaga to sway, or vagga cradle

Related forms:
wagger, noun
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wag 1   (wāg)   
v.   wagged, wag·ging, wags

v.   intr.

  1. To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down.

  2. To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.

  3. To walk with a clumsy sway; waddle.

  4. Archaic To be on one's way; depart.

v.   tr.
To move (a body part) rapidly from side to side or up and down, as in playfulness, agreement, admonition, or chatter.
n.  The act or motion of wagging: a farewell wag of the hand.

[Middle English waggen; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
wag'ger n.
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Word Origin & History

wag  (n.)
"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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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