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Waggishness
see synonyms of waggishnessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Waggishness
see synonyms of waggishnessverbWord forms: wags, wagging or wagged
1.
to move or cause to move rapidly and repeatedly from side to side or up and down
2.
to move (the tongue) or (of the tongue) to be moved rapidly in talking, esp in idle gossip
3.
to move (the finger) or (of the finger) to be moved from side to side, in or as in admonition
4. slang
to play truant (esp in the phrase wag it)
noun
5.
the act or an instance of wagging
noun
a humorous or jocular person; wit
noun
informal
the wife or girlfriend of a famous sportsman
abbreviation for
(West Africa) Gambia (international car registration)
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Waggishness
see synonyms of waggishness verb transitiveWord forms: wagged or ˈwagging
1.
a.
to cause (something fastened or held at one end) to move rapidly and repeatedly back and forth, from side to side, or up and down
the dog wagged his tail
b.
to shake (a finger) or nod (the head), as in summoning, reproving, etc.
2.
to move (the tongue) in talking, esp. in idle or malicious gossip
verb intransitive
3.
to move rapidly and repeatedly back and forth, from side to side, or up and down:
said as of a part of the body
4.
to keep moving in talk, esp. in idle or malicious gossip
said of the tongue5.
to walk or move with a swaying motion; waddle
noun
6.
the act or an instance of wagging
noun
a comical or humorous person; joker; wit
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Waggishness
see synonyms of waggishnessadj.
Characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty.
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