| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  w g |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: wagged, wag·ging, wags
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down. 2. To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue. 3. To walk with a clumsy sway; waddle. 4. Archaic To be on one's way; depart. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To move (a body part) rapidly from side to side or up and down, as in playfulness, agreement, admonition, or chatter. | | NOUN: | The act or motion of wagging: a farewell wag of the hand. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English waggen. See wegh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | wag ger —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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