Word a Day
wag
What does wag mean?
wag (verb): move from side to side.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use wag in a sentence?
- The happy dog wagged his tail. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce wag?
/wæɡ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does wag come from?
From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (“to wag, waddle”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “wag” mean?
move from side to side
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to inspect; to examine
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begin to be; turn into
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to occur or take place
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