Wag is defined as to move a body part quickly back and forth or up and down over and over again.
(verb)See wag in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb wagged, wagging
Origin: ME waggen, prob. < ON vaga, to move back and forth, rock, akin to OE wagian, to shake, totter < IE base *weĝh-, to move > L vehere, to carry
intransitive verb
noun
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noun
Origin: prob. short for obs. waghalter, a gallows bird, applied to a joker, rogue (< ? wag + halter)
See wag in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb wagged wagged, wag·ging, wags verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English waggen; see wegh- in Indo-European roots
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps from wag1
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