WAG
A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of…A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player.
» The dog was wagging his tail.
Der Hund wedelte mit dem Schwanz. — Esperantostern
Собака виляла хвостом. — marafon
Собака виляв хвостом. — Balamax
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1 senses(Ireland, informal)A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player.
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Examples
61 sentencesThe dog was wagging his tail.
Собака виляв хвостом. — Balamax
ruСобака виляла хвостом. — marafon
deDer Hund wedelte mit dem Schwanz. — Esperantostern
The dog wagged its tail.
Собака виляв хвостом. — Balamax
ruСобака виляла хвостом. — marafon
deDer Hund wedelte mit dem Schwanz. — Esperantostern
The dog wagged its tail eagerly.
My dog is wagging his tail.
ruМоя собака машет хвостом. — paul_lingvo
deMein Hund wedelt mit dem Schwanz. — Wolf
Cookie wagged his tail and barked.
ruКуки завилял хвостом и залаял. — marafon
Origin
Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”), mid-2000s.Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”), mid-2000s.
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