wag
[verb]
Synonyms:
- wave, bob, nod, quiver, shake, stir, vibrate, waggle, wiggle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- wave, bob, nod, quiver, shake, vibration, waggle, wiggle

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Related Idioms: life of the party
Related Words: shake, twitch, wiggle, oscillate, wigwag, clown, cutup, madcap, prankster, show-off, jester, kidder, quipster, wisecracker, wit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

WAG /wæɡ/ noun [countable] British English informal
(wives and girlfriends) the wife or girlfriend of a famous sports player:
Are WAGs good role models for girls?

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I. wag¹ /wæɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle wagged, present participle wagging)
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old English; Origin: wagian 'to shake']

1. [intransitive and transitive] if a dog wags its tail, or if its tail wags, the dog moves its tail many times from one side to the other

2. [transitive] to move your finger or head from side to side, especially to show disapproval:
‘You naughty girl!’ Mom said, wagging her finger at me.
⇒ it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog at tail¹(11), ⇒ set tongues wagging at tongue¹(14)

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II. wag² noun
[Sense 1: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from waghalter 'person likely to be hanged' (16-17 centuries), from wag + halter 'noose']
[Sense 2: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: ⇒ WAG¹]

1. [countable] old-fashioned someone who says or does something clever and amusing:
Some wag had drawn a face on the wall.

2. [countable usually singular] a wagging movement

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wag
verb
ADV. furiously The dog raced ahead, its tail wagging furiously.

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wag
̈ɪwæɡ
See: tongues to wag or tongues wag

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