Meaning

6 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.

    wedeln

    виля́тьviljátʹ, маха́тьmaxátʹ, кача́тьkačátʹ

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang)To play truant from school.

    schwänzen

    прогу́ливатьprogúlivatʹ, прогуля́тьproguljátʹ

  3. To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.

    She's a real gossip: her tongue is always wagging.

  4. (intransitive, slang)Of the tail (lower order of the batting lineup): to score more runs than expected.

    The tail wagged.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To go; to proceed; to move; to progress.

    move from side to side

  6. (intransitive, obsolete)To leave; to depart.

Examples

61 sentences
  1. The dog was wagging his tail.

    Собака виляв хвостом. — Balamax

    ruСобака виляла хвостом. — marafon

    deDer Hund wedelte mit dem Schwanz. — Esperantostern

  2. The dog wagged its tail.

    Собака виляв хвостом. — Balamax

    ruСобака виляла хвостом. — marafon

    deDer Hund wedelte mit dem Schwanz. — Esperantostern

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  3. The dog wagged its tail eagerly.

  4. My dog is wagging his tail.

    ruМоя собака машет хвостом. — paul_lingvo

    deMein Hund wedelt mit dem Schwanz. — Wolf

  5. Cookie wagged his tail and barked.

    ruКуки завилял хвостом и залаял. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to swing from side to side:
to skip school:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to swing from side to side:
to skip school:

Origin

From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with

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.

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Forms

wags, wagging, wagged, wagged
Base formwag · to wag
3rd person singularwags
Present participlewagging
Past simplewagged
Past participlewagged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywag
he, she, itwags

Past simpleLesson

all personswagged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wagged
he, she, ithas wagged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wag

Synonyms

2 synonyms
see Thesaurus:play truant
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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