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wagged |
1 definition found 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.
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