wag

Definitions


[waɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wife or girlfriend of a sports player, typically characterized as having a high media profile and a glamorous lifestyle
(e.g: the image was taken at the former WAG's new rural home)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 21st century: from the acronym WAGs ‘wives and girlfriends’


[waɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro
(e.g: his tail began to wag)


Phrases:
- how the world wags
- tongues wag

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from the Germanic base of Old English wagian ‘to sway’


[waɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a single rapid movement from side to side
(e.g: a chirpy wag of the head)


Phrases:
- how the world wags
- tongues wag

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from the Germanic base of Old English wagian ‘to sway’


[], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- Gambia (international vehicle registration)


Phrases:

Origin:
from West Africa Gambia


[waɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who makes jokes; a joker
(e.g: one wag shouted, ‘On that count you've got about three supporters!’)

- a person who plays truant
(e.g: Boogie plays the wag from school)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a young man or mischievous boy, also used as a term of endearment to an infant): probably from obsolete waghalter ‘person likely to be hanged’ (see wag, halter)


[waɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- play truant from (school)
(e.g: he began hanging out with bad people and wagging school)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a young man or mischievous boy, also used as a term of endearment to an infant): probably from obsolete waghalter ‘person likely to be hanged’ (see wag, halter)




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