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Meanings of wag in English

Catalan
bromista

A witty amusing person who makes jokes.

bromista
Portuguese
agitação
Catalan
sotragueig

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.

agitação
Portuguese
wag
Spanish
wag

Cell line.

Related terms
wag

To not go to class without permission.

Usage of wag in English
1
One wag said it was living on the set of Blade Runner.
The Irish Times
2
This was too much for a wag in the gallery, who yelled:-
The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
3
And his drooping plume of a tail began to wag in response.
His Dog
4
A wag, he tells me, has already made this amendment on Facebook.
The Guardian
5
They may have less to wag their fingers at in the future.
Wired
6
They would go together, and the tongues of the world would wag.
The Tin Soldier
7
And the news flies, and the tongues wag, and fists are shaken.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
8
Those tongues that had been tied in his lifetime began to wag.
Stories of the Border Marches
9
Be quick, and you will have the first wag of his beard.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 03
10
Robber seemed subdued and hardly managed a wag of his stubby tale.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
11
I wag the laughing stock, a subject of scoffing and ridicule, often.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure
12
Since I could no longer hold my tongue, I let it wag.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
13
At the same time, his tail began to wag a thumping welcome.
Further Adventures of Lad
14
They always exchange a sniff and a tail wag through the gate.
Evanly bodies
15
All he could do was to wag his tail faster than ever.
Friends and Helpers
16
Their tongues did certainly wag at a great rate for a spell.
Chums of the Camp Fire
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Translations for wag
Spanish
wag
Wag through the time
Wag across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common