wag
Bedeutung (English)
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- To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
- (slang) To play truant from school.
- (obsolete) To go; to proceed; to move; to progress.
- To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.
- (obsolete) To leave; to depart.
Concepts
in Wallung bringen
in Aufruhr versetzen
in Unruhe versetzen
Schelmerei
unterhaltsamer Mensch
Synonyms
wield
wave about
to play wag
funny-man
skip class
funny person
switchtail
wag tail
be nonplussed
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/wæɡ/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (“to wag, waddle”); both from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to wag”). Related to English way. The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waw (verb), which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb
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