wag
see also: WAG
Pronunciation
WAG
Pronunciation
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see also: WAG
Pronunciation
- IPA: /wæɡ/
wag (wags, present participle wagging; past and past participle wagged)
- To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
- 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure.
- Bible, Jer. xviii. 16
- Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
- (UK, Australia, slang) To play truant from school.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, xxii
- "My misfortunes all began in wagging, Sir; but what could I do, exceptin' wag?" "Excepting what?" said Mr. Carker. "Wag, Sir. Wagging from school." "Do you mean pretending to go there, and not going?" said Mr. Carker. "Yes, Sir, that's wagging, Sir."
- 1901, William Sylvester Walker, In the Blood, i. 13
- They had "wagged it" from school, as they termed it, which..meant truancy in all its forms.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, xxii
- (obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; progress.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act II
- "Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."
- 1623, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act II
- (obsolete) To go; to depart.
- French: frétiller
- German: wedeln
- Portuguese: vaguear, deambular, baloiçar
- Russian: виля́ть
- Spanish: menear
- French: sécher, faire l’école buissonnière
- German: schwänzen
- Italian: marinare la scuola
- Portuguese: vaguear
- Russian: прогу́ливать
wag (plural wags)
- An oscillating movement.
- The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness.
- A witty person.
- Italian: scodinzolio
- Russian: виля́ние
- Russian: шутни́к
WAG
Pronunciation
- IPA: /wæɡ/
wag (plural wags)
- (informal, business or military slang, US) A wild-assed guess; a rough estimate.
- (informal) A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player.
- 2006, Lucy Rock, The Observer, 2 July 2006 (p.20)
- The World Cup WAGs are a good example of this. The younger girls, nicknamed the ‘hen-night crowd’ and led by Colleen McLoughlin, dance on tables and drink until the early hours while No. 1 WAG Victoria Beckham remains aloof, dining sedately with Ashley Cole’s fiancee, Cheryl Tweedy.
- 2006, Emma Cowing, The Scotsman, 4 July 2006:
- In Wimbledon, the tennis WAGs and - just as excitingly - HABs (Husbands and Boyfriends) have been appearing courtside, enthusiastically cheering on their beloved other halves with a degree of style.
- 2006, Lucy Rock, The Observer, 2 July 2006 (p.20)
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