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wag

Part of Speech: Noun

Results: 6

1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.

2. A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.

2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.

3. To go; to depart; to pack oft.

Part of Speech: verb transitive

1. 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.

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I tell thee, Mufti, if the world were wise, They would not wag one finger in your quarrels. - "The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian", John Dryden.
Here he gathered his quilt about him, and began to smile and chuckle and wag his head and pick at his fantastic dress as before. - "The Living Link", James De Mille.
It is hardly necessary to say that he did not succeed in carrying his measure, and that generations had yet to pass away before any real and comprehensive effort wag made by the State to establish such a system of popular education in these countries as had been known to Prussia and other European nations almost for time out of mind. - "A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4)", Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy.

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