Results for wag

Definitions of wag:

part of speech: present participle

Wagging.

part of speech: noun

A joker; one who plays tricks; a man full of sport and humour.

part of speech: noun

To move from side to side: to shake to and fro:- pr. p. wagging; pa. t. and pa. p. wagged.

part of speech: noun

A droll, mischievous fellow: a man full of sport and humor: a wit.

part of speech: verb transitive

To sway or swing from side to side with a quick, jerky motion; to sway or swing.

part of speech: verb

To shake lightly; to move to and fro; to move with quick turns from side to side.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To move jerkily one way and the other.

part of speech: noun

The act of jerking to and fro; a person full of jestes; a witty person.

Usage examples for wag:

• Some wag must have chose the air, for they marched by to the good old English music of " The World Turned Upside Down"; such must have seemed sadly the case to these poor devils. "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker", S. Weir Mitchell

• Wag wag has a sled, too. "Peter and Polly in Winter", Rose Lucia