Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wag
Wag
wag
1. v. & n. --v. (wagged, wagging) 1 tr. & intr. shake or wave rapidly or energetically to and fro. 2 intr. archaic (of the world, times, etc.) go along with varied fortune or characteristics. --n. a single wagging motion (with a wag of his tail). Phrases and idioms the tail wags the dog the less or least important member of a society, section of a party, or part of a structure has control. tongues (or beards or chins or jaws) wag there is talk. Etymology: ME waggen f. root of OE wagian sway 2. n. 1 a facetious person, a joker. 2 Brit. sl. a truant (play the wag). Etymology: prob. f. obs. waghalter one likely to be hanged (as WAG(1), HALTER)
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I. verb (~ged; ~ging) see: way Date: 13th century intransitive verb to be in motion ; stir, to move to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky motions, to move in chatter or gossip , depart, waddle, transitive verb to swing to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky motions ; switch , to move (as the tongue) animatedly in conversation, ~ger noun II. noun Date: 1589 an act of ~ging ; shake, III. noun Etymology: probably short for obsolete English ~halter gallows bird, from English 1~ + halter Date: circa 1553 wit, joker, a young man ; chap ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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