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wagged
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Wagged
(gcide) | Wag \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wagging.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan.
vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry,
G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See
Weigh.]
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.
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No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak.
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Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and
wag his head. --Jer. xviii.
16.
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Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and
body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and
mockery.
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Swagged
(gcide) | Swag \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swagging.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway,
Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.]
1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to
swing. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton.
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I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
--Palsgrave.
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3. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
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Wagged
(gcide) | Wag \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wagging.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan.
vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry,
G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See
Weigh.]
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.
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No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak.
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Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and
wag his head. --Jer. xviii.
16.
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Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and
body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and
mockery.
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Wigwagged
(gcide) | Wigwag \Wig"wag`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Wigwagged; p. pr.
& vb. n. Wigwagging.]
To move to and fro, to wag.
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