wag

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. Source: opted

4. v. i. To go; to depart; to pack oft. Source: opted

5. v. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. Source: opted

6. v. A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. Source: opted

7. n. a witty amusing person who makes jokes Source: wordnet

8. n. causing to move repeatedly from side to side Source: wordnet

9. v. move from side to side Source: wordnet

10. 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. No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. Shak. Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. Jer. xviii. 16. Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery. 1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate. The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more. Dryden. 2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. [Colloq.] "Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags." Shak. 3. To go; to depart; to pack oft. [R.] I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag. Shak. 1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. [Colloq.] 2. Etym: [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. We wink at wags when they offend. Dryden. A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse. Addison. Source: webster

11. To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to andfro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body;as, to wag the head.No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. Shak.Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.Jer. xviii. 16. Source: adambom

12. n:17/v:83 n. a witty amusing person who makes jokes n. causing to move repeatedly from side to side v. move from side to side Source: ecdict

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