wag

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

wags

V_ing/Gerund

wagging

V_ed/pp

wagged

1.
(ambitransitive)To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.
2.
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang)To play truant from school.
Đồng nghĩa: see Thesaurus:play truant
3.
(intransitive, obsolete)(intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To go; to proceed; to move; to progress.
4.
To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.
She's a real gossip: her tongue is always wagging.
5.
(intransitive, obsolete)To leave; to depart.
6.
(intransitive, slang)(intransitive, cricket, slang) Of the tail (lower order of the batting lineup): to score more runs than expected.
The tail wagged.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

wags

1.
An oscillating movement.
The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness.
2.
A witty person.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (to wag, wave, shake) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (to wag, waddle); both from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (to wag). Related to way.