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verb | noun wagwag1 /wæg/ verb (wagged, wagging) ETYMOLOGYwag1Origin: 1200-1300 Old English wagian to shake VERB TABLEwag |
Present | I, you, we, they | wag | | he, she, it | wags | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wagged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wagged | | he, she, it | has wagged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wagged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wag | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wagged |
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Present | I | am wagging | | he, she, it | is wagging | | you, we, they | are wagging | Past | I, he, she, it | was wagging | | you, we, they | were wagging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wagging | | he, she, it | has been wagging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wagging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wagging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wagging |
► wagging ... finger “No, no,” she said, wagging her finger. 1 [intransitive, transitive] if a dog wags its tail or if its tail wags, the dog moves its tail repeatedly from one side to the other2[transitive] to shake your finger or head repeatedly, especially to show disapproval: “No, no,” she said, wagging her finger. → see also it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog at tail1 (12), tongues wag at tongue1 (9) verb | noun wagwag2 noun ETYMOLOGYwag2Origin: (1) 1500-1600 Perhaps from waghalter person likely to be hanged (16-17 centuries), from wag + halter noose (2) 1500-1600 ➔ WAG1 1[countable] someone who says amusing things2[countable usually singular] a wagging movement |