wag /ˈwæg/
(vt.)搖擺,搖動,饒舌(vi.)擺動,喋喋不休搖擺,小丑
Wag v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagged p. pr. & vb. n. Wagging.] 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.
1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. [Colloq.]
2. 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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wag
n 1: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wit, card]
2: causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: waggle,
shake]
v : move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"
[syn: waggle]
[also: wagging, wagged]