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awag

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Wagging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The puppies ran up to the girl, their tails all awag.
  • 1887, John A. Martin, “Memories of the March” in Addresses, Topeka: Kansas Publishing House, 1888, The men are as silent as if they were dumb. Then something sets all their tongues awag, and the woods and fields echo with their shouts and laughter.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a- + wag.