noun
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An oscillating movement.
example
The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness.
definition
A witty person.
verb
definition
To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
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To play truant from school.
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To be in action or motion; to move; progress.
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To go; to depart.
Examples of wag in a Sentence
See sketch map in article WAG RAM.
Cats don't wag their tail with the same energy as dogs.
Jackals are readily tamed; and domesticated individuals are said, when called by their masters, to wag their tails, crouch and throw themselves on the ground, and otherwise behave in a dog-like fashion.
That would be to let the tail wag the dog.
How is it? said the man--a singer and a wag--whom Morel was embracing.
To coin a well-used phrase, 'the tail should not wag the dog '.
Boy, did the tongues wag!
He determines to rob them both (an operation which may be very satisfactorily expressed by - I); but, being a wag, he chooses his own way of doing it.
Your dress should be tasteful and elegant without causing tongues to wag.
Taylor Momsen - The Gossip Girl star makes sure that tongues wag when she enters the room in outfits that are meant to flatter her figure, but fall far short.
During this time, he'll develop a stronger sense of smell, as well as how to wag his tail, stand, bark and begin walking a few steps.
Grab your dog's tail by touching it with the stylus and wag it back and forth.
With a wag of their tail, they can make even a lousy day seem brighter.
Geoff Mawby made up the frame with 9lb 10oz off peg 37 using the wag and mag.
Mr Arabin's beard did not wag as it should have done.
A last question - can the tail wag the dog?
Let the dog wag the tail, for once !
Mr Arabin 's beard did not wag as it should have done.
A cat's tail movement is more genteel, and more like a wave than a wag.
Many of the free downloadable virtual pets also wag their tails, like to play and need to eat.
A local wag might even compose a poem or song about it, possibly comparing the enemy to a full moon.
To coin a well-used phrase, 'the tail should not wag the dog ' .
The old adage ' never let the tax tail wag the commercial dog ' is certainly worth bearing in mind.
Once he had heard her tongue wag, she made sure of the result.
William, in his turn, with an army wholly insufficient to meet the French in the open field, was able to persuade wag gi s h his countrymen to open the dikes and by flooding the land to prevent its occupation by the enemy.
I love their affectionate ways and the eloquent wag of their tails.
Nesvitski laughed and nudged the others to make them look at the wag.
And even if you do n't quite, a cheerful greeting and a wag of the tail will make sure you get on well.
The New York Stock Exchange symbol is WAG.
Tail wag - A cat has a difficult time catching the string that hovers nearby.
Simply touch the training icon while your puppy is in this mood and say something like "wag" or "butt".
Heche left Another World in 1991 and launched a very successful film career that includes Wag the Dog, Six Days, Seven Nights and Donnie Brasco.
Skeat suggests a possible connexion with Spanish rabo, tail, rabear, to wag the hind-quarters.
Any time a female celebrity is viewed as attractive, tongues start to wag as to what her true weight is, natural hair color is, and if she's had any plastic surgery.