All wag synonyms
wag
W w noun wag
- wiggle β to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.
- waggle β to wobble or shake, especially while in motion: The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.
- shake β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- twitch β to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck: She twitched him by the sleeve.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- card β A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed.
- clown β A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- comedian β A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- comic β If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
- humorist β a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- jester β a person who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.
- joker β a person who jokes.
- jokester β a joker, especially a practical joker.
- kibitzer β a spectator at a card game who looks at the players' cards over their shoulders, especially one who gives unsolicited advice.
- madcap β wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
- prankster β a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- punster β a person who makes puns frequently.
- show-off β a person given to pretentious display.
- trickster β a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
- wit β the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- zany β ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
- cutup β a person who clowns, plays practical jokes, etc. to attract attention
- droll β amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- farceur β a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- funster β a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- kidder β to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent.
- life of the party β most lively, outgoing person
- quipster β a person who frequently makes quips.
- wisecracker β a smart or facetious remark.
verb wag
- flap β to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- bob β If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
- flutter β to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- lash β an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- nod β to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- oscillate β to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- quiver β a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- rock β rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
- shimmy β an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- sway β to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- swing β to play (music) in the style of swing.
- switch β a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- vibrate β to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
- fish-tail β to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.