wag

Object

• tail: How long, I wonder, before Time Out ' s new online listings graduate from being a wagging tail to the dog itself?
• finger: A guard approaches with wagging finger: " One of you has taken a photo.
• tongue: The article continued " one day that wagging tongue will lead him into trouble with a capital ' T ' " .
• dog: Tories are the tail wagging the dog here, he said.

Converse of object

• use: Geoff Mawby made up the frame with 9lb 10oz off peg 37 using the wag and mag.
• have: MSN Messenger allows you to have a good old chin wag in real time - with friends, family or colleagues.
• let: Let the dog wag the tail, for once!
• do: Mr Arabin's beard did not wag as it should have done.

Adjective modifier

• tail: A last question - can the tail wag the dog?
• local: A local wag might even compose a poem or song about it, possibly comparing the enemy to a full moon.
• good: Under 4: are the only few years you can invite a few of your own friends for a good old chin wag.
• old: Under 4: are the only few years you can invite a few of your own friends for a good old chin wag.

Modifying Another Word

• n't: If the structures restrict the number of ordained people then we have to ask whether the denominational tail is n't wagging the gospel dog!
• not: To coin a well-used phrase, 'the tail should not wag the dog ' .

Noun used with modifier

• chin: Under 4: are the only few years you can invite a few of your own friends for a good old chin wag.
• tail: The old adage ' never let the tax tail wag the commercial dog ' is certainly worth bearing in mind.
• dog: Let the dog wag the tail, for once!
• tongue: Once he had heard her tongue wag, she made sure of the result.
• world: The world wags on, a rose will bloom... .

Preposition: of

• tail: And even if you don't quite, a cheerful greeting and a wag of the tail will make sure you get on well.