- informal the wife or girlfriend of a famous sportsman
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Wag /wæɡ/ n
wag /wæg/USA pronunciation
v., wagged, wag•ging, n.
v.
n. [countable]
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- to move up and down or from side to side: [no object]The dog's tail wagged.[~ + object]The dog wagged its tail.
- to move (the tongue) in talking idly: [~ + object]Quit wagging your tongue and listen![no object]Local tongues are wagging over this latest scandal.
n. [countable]
- the act of wagging.
- a clever, witty person.
wag
(wag),USA pronunciation v., wagged, wag•ging, n.
v.t.
v.t.
- to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, esp. 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).
- to be moved from side to side or one way and the other, esp. rapidly and repeatedly, as the head or the tail.
- to move constantly, esp. 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 Termsto play truant;
play hooky. - the act of wagging:a friendly wag of the tail.
- a person given to droll, roguish, or mischievous humor;
wit. - Old Norse vaga to sway, or vagga cradle
- Middle English waggen 1175–1225
v.i.
n.
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wag /wæɡ/ vb (wags, wagging, wagged)
- to move or cause to move rapidly and repeatedly from side to side or up and down
- to move (the tongue) or (of the tongue) to be moved rapidly in talking, esp in idle gossip
- to move (the finger) or (of the finger) to be moved from side to side, in or as in admonition
- slang to play truant (esp in the phrase wag it)
- the act or an instance of wagging
wag /wæɡ/ n
- a humorous or jocular person; wit
'Wag' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
waggle
- wave
- wheedle
- wigwag
- battle wagon
- brazen law of wages
- chinwag
- chuck wagon
- coasting wagon
- Conestoga wagon
- covered wagon
- democrat
- Dougherty wagon
- droll
- farceur
- goods wagon
- honey wagon
- iron law of wages
- meat wagon
- nominal wages
- paddy wagon
- patrolwagon
- police wagon
- real wages
- tea wagon
- tower wagon
- waggery
- waggish
- waggle dance
- Wagner Act
- wagon
- wagon boss
- wagon jobber
- wagon master
- wagon roof
- wagon seat
- wagon soldier
- wagon train
- wagon vault
- wagtail
- wait-a-bit
- wangle
- water wagon
- Welcome Wagon
- willy wagtail
- sag wagon
- starvation wages
- station wagon