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Wag Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Wag? [n] causing to move repeatedly from side to side [n] (informal) a witty amusing person who makes jokes [v] move from side to side, as of fingers and tails; "The happy dog wagged his tail" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Wag: card \| shake \| waggle \| waggle \| wit Related Terms \| Find terms related to Wag: See Also \| agitation \| humorist \| humourist \| jiggle \| joggle \| wiggle Wag In Webster's Dictionary \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wagging}.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry, G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See {Weigh}.] To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head. No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak. Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. --Jer. xviii. 16. Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery. \Wag\, v. i. 1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate. The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more. --Dryden. 2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. [Colloq.] ``Thus we may see,'' quoth he, ``how the world wags.'' --Shak. 3. To go; to depart; to pack oft. [R.] I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag. --Shak. \Wag\, n. [From {Wag}, v.] 1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. [Colloq.] 2. [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. We wink at wags when they offend. --Dryden. A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse. --Addison.

Wag Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wag?

[n] causing to move repeatedly from side to side
[n] (informal) a witty amusing person who makes jokes
[v] move from side to side, as of fingers and tails; "The happy dog wagged his tail"

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Wag In Webster's Dictionary

\Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wagging}.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan.
vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry,
G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See
{Weigh}.]
To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to
and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part
of the body; as, to wag the head.

      No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak.

      Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and
      wag his head.                            --Jer. xviii.
                                               16.

Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and
      body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and
      mockery.


\Wag\, v. i.
1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to
   vibrate.

         The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more. --Dryden.

2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to
   progress; to stir. [Colloq.]

         ``Thus we may see,'' quoth he, ``how the world
         wags.''                               --Shak.

3. To go; to depart; to pack oft. [R.]

         I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag. --Shak.


\Wag\, n. [From {Wag}, v.]
1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
   [Colloq.]

2. [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of
   sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a
   joker.

         We wink at wags when they offend.     --Dryden.

         A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack
         thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a
         finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used
         to call it the thread of his discourse. --Addison.

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