0 (especially of a tail or finger) to move from side to side or up and down, especially quickly and repeatedly, or to cause this to happen:
1 to be absent from school without permission:
2 (especially of a tail or finger) a movement from side to side or up and down:
3 a humorous person who likes to make jokes
4 informal abbreviation for wife and girlfriend: a woman who is a wife or girlfriend, especially of a well-known sports player
5 (esp. of a tail or finger) to move from side to side or up and down, usually quickly and repeatedly, or to cause this to happen:
The gold leaf is so thin it wags erratically in the air, like a catfish yanked out of a river by an expert noodler.
Elected officials must control the intelligence community, not the other way around, even while alarming leaks attempt to wag the dog.
These stories "wagged the dog" on television, but the anger they provoked was real.
They wagged a finger at him, so he just wagged one back.
It could finally be addressed with a level head rather than a wag of the finger.
Trust me, it'll taste so good you'll have no choice but to wag your tongue and swing your hips on the dance floor.
If mobile turns out to be driving huge profits, it starts to wag the dog.
Temporal analysis of the experimental data revealed these choreographed vibrational dynamics, which are comprised of localized stretching, out-of-plane wagging, and torsional motions.
中文繁体
(使)(尤指尾巴或手指)擺動,搖, 移動, (尤指尾巴或手指的)擺動,搖動…
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(使)(尤指尾巴或手指)摆动,摇, 移动, (尤指尾巴或手指的)摆动,摇动…
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menear, sacudir, mover…
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abanar…
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(しっぽ等、体の一部)を左右に振る…
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(kuyruk) sağa sola sallamak, parmakla ikaz işareti yapmak…
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remuer, faire signe que non, frétillement…
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remenar…
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