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wag awg wga gwa agw gaw

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Definitions and meaning of wag

wag

Etymology

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 English way.

The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of 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, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Verb

wag (third-person singular simple present wags, present participle wagging, simple past and past participle wagged)

1. To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
3. (UK, Australia, slang) To play truant from school.

   Synonym: see Thesaurus:play truant
4. (intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To go; to proceed; to move; to progress.
5. To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To leave; to depart.

Coordinate terms

• (swing from side to side): nod, no

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• waggle (frequentative)
• wiggle

Noun

wag (plural wags)

1. An oscillating movement.

2. A witty person.

Derived terms

• hop the wag
• play the wag
• wag-halter

Translations

See also

• skivitis

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary, (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, Accessed 23 Feb. 2006.
• Jonathon Green, "wag," The Cassell Dictionary of Slang, (1998) p. 1257.

Anagrams

• AGW, AWG, GWA, Gaw, WGA, gaw

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch wacht, from Middle Dutch wachte, from Old Dutch wahta (“watch, sentry, guard”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“watch, vigil”).

Noun

wag (plural wagte)

1. guard

Derived terms

• skildwag
• waghou
• wagtoring
• wagwoord

Etymology 2

From Dutch wachten, from Middle Dutch wachten (“to watch, guard, keep watch, wait”), from Old Dutch *wahton, derived from wahta.

Verb

wag (present wag, present participle wagtende, past participle gewag)

1. (intransitive) to wait [+ vir (for)]

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

Verb

wag

1. singular imperative of wagen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of wagen

Middle English

Noun

wag

1. Alternative form of wage

Old English

Alternative forms

• wāh

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waigaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑːɡ/, [wɑːɣ]

Noun

wāg m

1. wall (of a building or a house)

Declension

Derived terms

• wāgrift
• wāgþyrel

Descendants

• Middle English: wagh, wough
  • English: waw, wough

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wāg, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.

Noun

wāg m

1. wave
2. flood

References

• "wāg" in Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: wag

Noun

wag f

1. genitive plural of waga

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of huwag, also a colloquial pronunciation spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡ/, [ˈwaɡ]

Verb

wag (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜄ᜔) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of huwag

Interjection

wag (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜄ᜔) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of huwag

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waːɡ/

Adjective

wag

1. Soft mutation of gwag.

Mutation