wag

Definition von wag im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: One of the ‘wives and girlfriends’ of well known people, specifically of celebrity football (US: soccer) players
In Wimbledon, the tennis WAGs and - just as excitingly - HABs (Husbands and Boyfriends) have been appearing courtside, enthusiastically cheering on their beloved other halves with a degree of style.; A wild-assed guess; a rough estimate; To not go to school, either for a class or classes or the entire school day;1 play the wag; hop the wag; wag it.2
They had wagged it from school, as they termed it, which..meant truancy in all its forms.; To swing from side to side, especially of an animal's tail; An oscillating movement
The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness.; A witty person; {n} a merry droll, an arch or queer fellow; {v} tomove or shake slightly, move, stir; To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate; To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir; To not go to school, either for a class or classes or the entire school day; causing to move repeatedly from side to side a witty amusing person who makes jokes move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail; To swing from side to side, especially of an animals tail; a witty amusing person who makes jokes; If you wag your head, you move it from side to side, often because you are unhappy about a situation. He wags his head unhappily. = shake. A humorous or droll person; a wit; 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; To go; to depart; to pack oft; move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"; {f} move from side to side or up and down; move the tongue rapidly (as in gossip or purposeless speech); shake, sway; If you wag your finger, you shake it repeatedly and quickly from side to side, usually because you are annoyed with someone. He wagged a disapproving finger; causing to move repeatedly from side to side; A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker; {i} side to side movement (as of a tail); swinging, shake; joker, humorous person (Informal); The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head; When a dog wags its tail, it repeatedly waves its tail from side to side. The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail
wag-at-the-wall: Having an exposed pendulum
Wag the Dog: 1997 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro (directed by Barry Levinson)
wag one's finger at: point at, indicate with the finger
wag the dog syndrome: instance in which a national leader starts a war or other military conflict in order to divert attention from a scandal (Politics)
wag the tongue: chatter, talk constantly
waggish: witty, jocular, like a wag
willie-wag: to stand behind someone else, usually holding his/her hips or embracing him/her, with one's unerected penis between his/her buttocks and moving his/her waist gently from side to side
waggish: {a} frolicsome, sportive, wanton, merry
waggishly: {a} in a waggish manner, wantonly
waggishness: {n} wantonness, merry pranks
chin-wag: {i} (Slang) chat, conversation, talk, chitchat
wagged: past of wag
wagging: present participle of wag
waggish: a waggish person makes clever and amusing jokes, remarks etc
waggish: Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick
waggish: Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome
waggish: mischievous, tricky
waggish: witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper
waggish: {s} humorous, clownish; that resembles a wag
waggishly: in a waggish manner
wags: plural of wag
wags: Third-person singular present indicative of to wag

wag

Türkische aussprache

wäg

Synonyme

a million laughs, card, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, farceur, funny person, funster, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, kibitzer

Aussprache

/ˈwag/ /ˈwæɡ/

Etymologie

[ 'wag ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English waggen, noun wagge, feminine root of Old English waian, (Middle English noun wae) to oscillate, shake. Compare the Old English verb waġian The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waian waw, verb, which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Dutch vugge), Swedish vagga to rock a cradle, early modern German waggen (modern High German dialect wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb

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waggishness, waging, wagged

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Definition von wag im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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