資料來源 : pyDict
搖擺,搖動,饒舌擺動,喋喋不休搖擺,小丑
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wag \Wag\, v. i.
1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to
vibrate.
The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more. --Dryden.
2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to
progress; to stir. [Colloq.]
``Thus we may see,'' quoth he, ``how the world
wags.'' --Shak.
3. To go; to depart; to pack oft. [R.]
I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag. --Shak.
Wag \Wag\, n. [From {Wag}, v.]
1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
[Colloq.]
2. [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of
sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a
joker.
We wink at wags when they offend. --Dryden.
A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack
thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a
finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used
to call it the thread of his discourse. --Addison.
Wag \Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wagging}.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan.
vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry,
G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See
{Weigh}.]
To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to
and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part
of the body; as, to wag the head.
No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak.
Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and
wag his head. --Jer. xviii.
16.
Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and
body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and
mockery.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wag
n 1: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: {wit}, {card}]
2: causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: {waggle},
{shake}]
[also: {wagging}, {wagged}]
wag
v : move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"
[syn: {waggle}]
[also: {wagging}, {wagged}]