wagverb
uk/wæɡ/us/wæɡ/-gg-wag verb (MOVE)
[ I or T ] (especially of a tail or finger) to move from side to side or up and down, especially quickly and repeatedly, or to cause this to happen:
The little dog's tail wagged in delight.
He wagged his finger sternly at the two boys.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- worry
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wag verb (MISS SCHOOL)
[ T ] Australian English Northern English informal to be absent from school without permission:
There were days I would wag school and go for a ride on my bike.
I used to wag it a lot. I didn't like school.
wagnoun
uk/wæɡ/us/wæɡ/wag noun (MOVE)
[ C usually singular ] (especially of a tail or finger) a movement from side to side or up and down:
With a single wag of her finger she managed to convey her total disapproval.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- worry
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wag noun (PERSON)
[ C ] old-fashioned informal a humorous person who likes to make jokes
UK a WAG
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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waggish
adjective uk/ˈwæɡ.ɪʃ/us/ˈwæɡ.ɪʃ/old-fashioned informal
saying humorous things