wag

wag · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To move or cause to move rapidly from side to side or up and down.

  2. 2.

    (Of a tongue) To move in talking, especially gossip.

  3. 3.

    A single rapid movement from side to side.

  4. 4.

    (Dated) A person who makes jokes; a wit.

Related words

Antonyms: still
See also: shake, wave, wiggle
Synonyms: shake, swing, wave, wiggle

Etymology

From Middle English waggen, probably from Old Norse vagga meaning "to rock a cradle," from Proto-Germanic wagōną. Related to wagon and wave.