wag

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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. The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waw (verb), which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), vugge (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb

Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”), mid-2000s.

Acronyms.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: cuada — oscillating movement
• Catalan: remenada — oscillating movement
• Finnish: heilutus — oscillating movement
• Finnish: huiskutus — oscillating movement
• Finnish: (momentane) huiskaus — oscillating movement
• German: Wedeln — oscillating movement
• Hungarian: csóválás — oscillating movement
• Hungarian: farkcsóválás — oscillating movement
• Hungarian: lengetés — oscillating movement
• Italian: scodinzolio — oscillating movement
• Russian: виля́ние (viljánije) — oscillating movement
• Bulgarian: шегобиец (šegobiec) — witty person
• Czech: šibal — witty person
• Finnish: neropatti — witty person
• German: Schelm — witty person
• Hungarian: (joker, funster) mókamester — witty person
• Hungarian: tréfamester — witty person
• Hungarian: kópé — witty person
• Hungarian: tréfacsináló — witty person
• Hungarian: vicces ember — witty person
• Māori: naho — witty person
• Portuguese: gracejador — witty person
• Russian: шутни́к (šutník) — witty person
• Russian: остря́к (ostrják) — witty person
• Scots: linkie — witty person
• Swedish: lustigkurre — witty person
• Bulgarian: клатя (klatja) — to swing from side to side
• Catalan: remenar — to swing from side to side
• Danish: logre — to swing from side to side
• Dutch: kwispelen — to swing from side to side
• Esperanto: svingi — to swing from side to side
• Finnish: heiluttaa — to swing from side to side
• Finnish: huiskuttaa — to swing from side to side
• Finnish: heilua — to swing from side to side
• Finnish: huiskua — to swing from side to side
• Finnish: huiskaa — to swing from side to side
• French: frétiller — to swing from side to side
• French: remuer — to swing from side to side
• Galician: abanar — to swing from side to side
• Galician: brandear — to swing from side to side
• German: wedeln — to swing from side to side
• Greek: κουνώ (kounó) — to swing from side to side
• Ancient Greek: σαίνω (saínō) — to swing from side to side
• Hungarian: csóvál — to swing from side to side
• Hungarian: ingat — to swing from side to side
• Hungarian: ráz — to swing from side to side
• Hungarian: lenget — to swing from side to side
• Hungarian: ide-oda mozgat — to swing from side to side
• Irish: croith — to swing from side to side
• Irish: luasc — to swing from side to side
• Italian: scodinzolare — to swing from side to side
• Japanese: 振る (furu) — to swing from side to side
• Japanese: 揺れる (yureru) — to swing from side to side
• Khmer: បក់ (bɑk) — to swing from side to side
• Central Kurdish: با دان (ba dan) — to swing from side to side
• Māori: takawheta — to swing from side to side
• Māori: takawhetawheta — to swing from side to side
• Māori: tōroherohe — to swing from side to side
• Māori: tātā — to swing from side to side
• Mongolian: шарвах (šarvax) — to swing from side to side
• Norwegian: logre — to swing from side to side
• Polish: machać — to swing from side to side
• Polish: machnąć — to swing from side to side
• Polish: merdać — to swing from side to side
• Polish: merdnąć — to swing from side to side
• Polish: zamerdać — to swing from side to side
• Portuguese: abanar — to swing from side to side
• Portuguese: dar ao rabo — to swing from side to side
• Russian: виля́ть (viljátʹ) — to swing from side to side
• Russian: маха́ть (maxátʹ) — to swing from side to side
• Russian: кача́ть (kačátʹ) — to swing from side to side
• Spanish: menear — to swing from side to side
• Spanish: rabear — to swing from side to side
• Spanish: colear — to swing from side to side
• Swedish: vifta — to swing from side to side
• Welsh: siglo — to swing from side to side
• Welsh: ysgwyd — to swing from side to side
• Breton: ober skol al louarn — to skip school
• Bulgarian: бягам от училище (bjagam ot učilište) — to skip school
• Chinese Mandarin: 逃學 /逃学 (táoxué) — to skip school
• Chinese Mandarin: 曠課 /旷课 (kuàngkè) — to skip school
• Chinese Mandarin: 逃課 /逃课 (táokè) — to skip school
• Chinese Mandarin: 翹課 /翘课 (qiàokè) — to skip school
• Dutch: spijbelen — to skip school
• Finnish: lintsata — to skip school
• French: sécher — to skip school
• French: faire l’école buissonnière — to skip school
• Galician: latar — to skip school
• German: schwänzen — to skip school
• Hungarian: lóg — to skip school
• Hungarian: iskolát kerül — to skip school
• Italian: marinare la scuola — to skip school
• Māori: takē kura — to skip school
• Norwegian: skulke — to skip school
• Polish: wagarować — to skip school
• Portuguese: vaguear — to skip school
• Romanian: chiuli — to skip school
• Russian: прогу́ливать (progúlivatʹ) — to skip school
• Russian: прогуля́ть (proguljátʹ) — to skip school
• Swedish: skolka — to skip school
• Turkish: (okulu) asmak — to skip school
• Turkish: kırmak — to skip school
• Turkish: sallamak — to skip school