英语词汇“play the wag”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. ‘Any one ludicrously mischievous; a merry droll’ (Johnson); a habitual joker. (In early use often combined with sense 1) Phrase, to play the wag.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > one who

wag1584

shaver1592

wagship1607

lick1725

nickum1804

practical joker1830

leg-puller1887

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxiii. 324 How to rap a wag vpon the knuckles.

1591 J. Lyly Endimion iii. iii. sig. E2^v Heere commeth two wagges. Enter Dares and Samias.

c1592 Faire Em sig. B1^v The little boy hath played the wagg with you.

1604 N. Breton Grimellos Fortunes (Grosart) 9/2 Hauing wit enough, vpon a litle warning, to plaie the wagge in the right vaine.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo4^v/2 Just. Go to go to, you have a merry meaning, I have found you sir ifaith, you are a wag, away.

1635 Life Long Meg of Westminster 37 The little boy, that was a wag, thought to be merry with the miller.

1640 in 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1887) App. vii. 100 Some wagg or other hath sett over the parliament doore pray remember the judges as if they had been too long forgotten.

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 156 We were daily playing the Wag, and as jocular as ever Men were all the time we stayed there.

1745 Joe Miller's Jests 61 The same Wagg..said, Taylors were like Woodcocks, for they got their Sustenance by their long Bills.

1779 Mirror No. 23. ⁋3 He took in succession the degrees of a wag, a pickle, and a lad of mettle.

1787 F. Burney Diary June (1842) III. 375 Colonel Goldsworthy is the wag professed of their community.

1840 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith I. 20 One Kelly, a notorious wag.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 21 The inns of Spain are divided by wags into many classes—the bad, the worse, and the worst.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 358 Some wag cried out, ‘Burn it; burn it;’ and this bad pun..was received with shouts of laughter.

3. to play (the) wag: to play truant. slang. Also, to hop the wag: see to hop the wag at hop v.¹ Phrases 2.

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society > education > learning > learner > [verb (intransitive)] > to play truant

to play truant1560

mitch1580

mooch1622

to trig it1796

plunk1808

minch1836

wag1847

to play hookey1848

to hop the wag1861

to play (the) wag1861

to hook Jack1877

to bag school1934

to go on the hop1959

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 87/1 Used by schoolmasters for the correction of boys who neglect their tasks, or play the wag.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 197/1 They often persuaded me to ‘hop the wag’ that is, play truant from school.

1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xvii. 284 A boy, when he plays the wag from school.

1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 154 Oh! why will you run away from home, Will, and play the wag, and steal, and get us all into such trouble?

单词	play the wag
释义	> as lemmas to play the wag 2. ‘Any one ludicrously mischievous; a merry droll’ (Johnson); a habitual joker. (In early use often combined with sense 1) Phrase, to play the wag. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > one who wag1584 shaver1592 wagship1607 lick1725 nickum1804 practical joker1830 leg-puller1887 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxiii. 324 How to rap a wag vpon the knuckles. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion iii. iii. sig. E2^v Heere commeth two wagges. Enter Dares and Samias. c1592 Faire Em sig. B1^v The little boy hath played the wagg with you. 1604 N. Breton Grimellos Fortunes (Grosart) 9/2 Hauing wit enough, vpon a litle warning, to plaie the wagge in the right vaine. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo4^v/2 Just. Go to go to, you have a merry meaning, I have found you sir ifaith, you are a wag, away. 1635 Life Long Meg of Westminster 37 The little boy, that was a wag, thought to be merry with the miller. 1640 in 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1887) App. vii. 100 Some wagg or other hath sett over the parliament doore pray remember the judges as if they had been too long forgotten. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 156 We were daily playing the Wag, and as jocular as ever Men were all the time we stayed there. 1745 Joe Miller's Jests 61 The same Wagg..said, Taylors were like Woodcocks, for they got their Sustenance by their long Bills. 1779 Mirror No. 23. ⁋3 He took in succession the degrees of a wag, a pickle, and a lad of mettle. 1787 F. Burney Diary June (1842) III. 375 Colonel Goldsworthy is the wag professed of their community. 1840 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith I. 20 One Kelly, a notorious wag. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 21 The inns of Spain are divided by wags into many classes—the bad, the worse, and the worst. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 358 Some wag cried out, ‘Burn it; burn it;’ and this bad pun..was received with shouts of laughter. extracted from wagn.² to play (the) wag 3. to play (the) wag: to play truant. slang. Also, to hop the wag: see to hop the wag at hop v.¹ Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [verb (intransitive)] > to play truant to play truant1560 mitch1580 mooch1622 to trig it1796 plunk1808 minch1836 wag1847 to play hookey1848 to hop the wag1861 to play (the) wag1861 to hook Jack1877 to bag school1934 to go on the hop1959 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 87/1 Used by schoolmasters for the correction of boys who neglect their tasks, or play the wag. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 197/1 They often persuaded me to ‘hop the wag’ that is, play truant from school. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xvii. 284 A boy, when he plays the wag from school. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 154 Oh! why will you run away from home, Will, and play the wag, and steal, and get us all into such trouble? extracted from wagn.² < as lemmas
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