4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wag  \Wag\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  move  one  way  and  the  other  to  be  shaken  to  and  fro;  to 
  vibrate. 
 
  The  resty  sieve  wagged  ne'er  the  more  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  be  in  action  or  motion;  to  move  to  get  along  to 
  progress;  to  stir.  [Colloq.] 
 
  ``Thus  we  may  see,''  quoth  he  ``how  the  world 
  wags.''  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  go  to  depart;  to  pack  oft.  [R.] 
 
  I  will  provoke  him  to  't,  or  let  him  wag.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wag  \Wag\,  n.  [From  {Wag},  v.] 
  1.  The  act  of  wagging;  a  shake;  as  a  wag  of  the  head. 
  [Colloq.] 
 
  2.  [Perhaps  shortened  from  wag-halter  a  rogue.]  A  man  full  of 
  sport  and  humor;  a  ludicrous  fellow;  a  humorist;  a  wit;  a 
  joker. 
 
  We  wink  at  wags  when  they  offend.  --Dryden. 
 
  A  counselor  never  pleaded  without  a  piece  of  pack 
  thread  in  his  hand,  which  he  used  to  twist  about  a 
  finger  all  the  while  he  was  speaking;  the  wags  used 
  to  call  it  the  thread  of  his  discourse.  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wag  \Wag\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wagged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wagging}.]  [OE.  waggen;  probably  of  Scand.  origin;  cf  Sw 
  vagga  to  rock  a  cradle,  vagga  cradle,  Icel.  vagga,  Dan. 
  vugge;  akin  to  AS  wagian  to  move  wag,  wegan  to  bear,  carry, 
  G.  &  D.  bewegen  to  move  and  E.  weigh.  [root]136.  See 
  {Weigh}.] 
  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. 
 
  No  discerner  durst  wag  his  tongue  in  censure.  --Shak. 
 
  Every  one  that  passeth  thereby  shall  be  astonished,  and 
  wag  his  head.  --Jer.  xviii. 
  16. 
 
  Note:  Wag  expresses  specifically  the  motion  of  the  head  and 
  body  used  in  buffoonery,  mirth,  derision,  sport,  and 
  mockery. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wag 
  n  1:  (informal)  a  witty  amusing  person  who  makes  jokes  [syn:  {wit}, 
  {card}] 
  2:  causing  to  move  repeatedly  from  side  to  side  [syn:  {waggle}, 
  {shake}] 
  v  :  move  from  side  to  side  as  of  fingers  and  tails;  "The  happy 
  dog  wagged  his  tail"  [syn:  {waggle}] 

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