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ALL meanings of wag

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  • transitive verb wag tail: move up and down 1
  • transitive verb wag move sth up and down 1
  • intransitive verb wag move up and down 1
  • noun wag up-and-down movement 1
  • noun wag witty person 1
  • intransitive verb wag play truant 1
  • noun wag (with reference to an animal's tail) Move or cause to move rapidly to and fro. 1
  • verb with object wag to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail. 1
  • verb with object wag to move (the tongue), as in idle or indiscreet chatter. 1
  • verb with object wag to shake (a finger) at someone, as in reproach. 1
  • verb with object wag to move or nod (the head). 1
  • verb without object wag to be moved from side to side or one way and the other, especially rapidly and repeatedly, as the head or the tail. 1
  • verb without object wag to move constantly, especially in idle or indiscreet chatter: Her behavior caused local tongues to wag. 1
  • verb without object wag to get along; travel; proceed: Let the world wag how it will. 1
  • verb without object wag to totter or sway. 1
  • verb without object wag British Slang. to play truant; play hooky. 1
  • noun wag the act of wagging: a friendly wag of the tail. 1
  • noun wag a person given to droll, roguish, or mischievous humor; wit. 1
  • noun wag An oscillating movement. 0
  • noun wag A witty person. 0
  • verb wag To swing from side to side, especially of an animal's tail. 0
  • verb wag (Slang) (Britain, Australia) To play truant from school. 0
  • verb wag (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. 0
  • verb wag (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To go; to depart. 0
  • verb wag When a dog wags its tail, it repeatedly waves its tail from side to side. 0
  • verb wag If you wag your finger, you shake it repeatedly and quickly from side to side, usually because you are annoyed with someone. 0
  • verb wag If you wag your head, you move it from side to side, often because you are unhappy about a situation. 0
  • countable noun wag A wag is someone who makes jokes. 0
  • verb wag to move or cause to move rapidly and repeatedly from side to side or up and down 0
  • verb wag to move (the tongue) or (of the tongue) to be moved rapidly in talking, esp in idle gossip 0
  • verb wag to move (the finger) or (of the finger) to be moved from side to side, in or as in admonition 0
  • verb wag to play truant (esp in the phrase wag it) 0
  • noun wag the act or an instance of wagging 0
  • noun wag a humorous or jocular person; wit 0
  • noun wag the wife or girlfriend of a famous sportsman 0
  • abbreviation WAG (West Africa) Gambia (international car registration) 0
  • verb transitive wag to cause (something fastened or held at one end) to move rapidly and repeatedly back and forth, from side to side, or up and down 0
  • verb transitive wag to shake (a finger) or nod (the head), as in summoning, reproving, etc. 0
  • verb transitive wag to move (the tongue) in talking, esp. in idle or malicious gossip 0
  • intransitive verb wag to move rapidly and repeatedly back and forth, from side to side, or up and down: said as of a part of the body 0
  • intransitive verb wag to keep moving in talk, esp. in idle or malicious gossip 0
  • intransitive verb wag to walk or move with a swaying motion; waddle 0
  • noun wag a comical or humorous person; joker; wit 0
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