Wag - English meaning

verb

Wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

Usage examples:

A man leaped out brandishing a knife

verb

To wave something in the air in a threatening or excited way

Usage examples:

He looked silly brandishing one of those star wars lightsabers.

noun

A ridiculous but amusing person; a clown.

Usage examples:

I am usually quite controlled, but i was irritated that i was forced to spend my time with these sy…

noun

A person who does silly things, sometimes intentionally, that make other people laugh

Usage examples:

He was not the buffoon that people said he was.

noun

A piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, in particular one used for writing or printing on.

Usage examples:

Some notes jotted down on a card

verb

Short for expansion card.

noun

A toothed implement or machine for carding wool.

Usage examples:

Distribute the wool evenly across the entire card until the teeth are barely showing through.

noun

Care taken to avoid danger or mistakes.

Usage examples:

Anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution

verb

Say something as a warning.

Usage examples:

The chancellor cautioned that economic uncertainties remained

noun

A warning

Usage examples:

It’s a good time to invest, he said, but a word of caution is in order., use caution when approachi…

noun

A comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.

Usage examples:

A circus clown

verb

Behave in a comical or playful way.

Usage examples:

Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog

noun

An entertainer who wears silly clothes and makes people laugh by performing tricks without speech

Usage examples:

The people running this school are a bunch of clowns., stop clowning around and get serious!

noun

An entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience laugh.

Usage examples:

They sat watching an irish comedian telling jokes

noun

A person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes and amusing stories or by copying the behavior or speech of famous people

Usage examples:

A stand-up comedian

noun

A female comedian.

Usage examples:

Her polished delivery and lightness of touch make her one a new generation of female comediennes, o…

adjective

Causing or meant to cause laughter.

Usage examples:

A comic monologue

noun

A comedian.

Usage examples:

He is training as a stand-up comic

adjective

Making you want to laugh; amusing

Usage examples:

A comic actor/performance/writer

verb

(of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.

Usage examples:

Wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake

noun

A bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract attention.

Usage examples:

With a flourish, she ushered them inside

verb

To grow or develop successfully

Usage examples:

Parts of the city continue to flourish., this is the perfect environment for our company to flouris…

verb

(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly.

Usage examples:

A couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden

noun

An act of fluttering.

Usage examples:

There was a flutter of wings at the window

verb

To move in quick, irregular motions, or to cause something to move this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] the flags fluttered in the breeze., there was a flutter of wings overhead.

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Usage examples:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Usage examples:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Usage examples:

That damn fool waiter

noun

A humorous writer, performer, or artist.

Usage examples:

The world's best humorists and cartoonists

noun

A professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

Usage examples:

The gray-furred child laughed, cavorting around the confused guards like a court jester in a mediev…

noun

(in earlier times) a man whose job was to tell jokes and make people laugh

Usage examples:

A court jester

noun

A person who is fond of joking.

Usage examples:

But the joke is on the joker, as any toddler could have told him.

noun

A person fond of making or telling jokes.

Usage examples:

He was an outgoing, fun-loving kid, the family jokester

noun

Someone who likes telling funny stories or making people laugh

verb

Make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.

Usage examples:

He rarely smiled or laughed

noun

An act of laughing.

Usage examples:

She gave a loud, silly laugh

verb

To make the sounds and movements of the face and body that express happiness or amusement, or that sometimes express ridicule or anxiety

Usage examples:

The audience just laughed and laughed., that guy always makes me laugh., when i made a face at drew…

verb

Move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm.

Usage examples:

The grain pan near the front of the combine oscillates back and forth

verb

To move repeatedly from side to side or up and down between two points, or to vary between two states or amounts, or feelings or opinions

Usage examples:

She oscillates between cooperation and hostility., mealtimes strongly influence this daily oscillat…

verb

To move repeatedly from one position to another

Usage examples:

Oscillate between sth and sth the stock has spent most of the past five years oscillating between $…

noun

Movement back and forth in a regular rhythm.

Usage examples:

The natural oscillation of a spring

noun

Repeated movement from one position to another

Usage examples:

The oscillations of the needle were so slight they were hard to detect., his mood never settled; th…

noun

A person fond of playing pranks.

Usage examples:

He talks about his passion for cricket and his days as a prankster fond of practical jokes.

noun

Someone who plays pranks on people

verb

Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

Usage examples:

The tree's branches stopped quivering

noun

A slight trembling movement or sound, especially one caused by a sudden strong emotion.

Usage examples:

She couldn't help the quiver in her voice

noun

An archer's portable case for holding arrows.

Usage examples:

He also had a framed backpack, a utility belt containing tools, a quiver containing 14 arrows, a fl…

verb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate.

Usage examples:

Buildings shook in sacramento and tremors were felt in reno

noun

An act of shaking.

Usage examples:

She gave her red curls a shake

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun

A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.

Usage examples:

The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.

verb

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn

verb

Move with a hissing or rushing sound.

Usage examples:

A car swished by

noun

A hissing or rustling sound.

Usage examples:

He could hear the swish of a distant car

adjective

An effeminate gay man.

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

verb

Give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement.

Usage examples:

Her lips twitched and her eyelids fluttered

noun

A short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement.

Usage examples:

His mouth gave a slight twitch

verb

To make a short and sudden movement, or to cause part of your body to move suddenly

Usage examples:

[ i ] she saw his mouth twitch into a little smile that disappeared almost at once., she signalled …

verb

Move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion.

Usage examples:

The surface of the liquid undulated gently

adjective

(especially of a leaf) having a wavy surface or edge.

verb

To have a continuous up and down shape or movement, like waves on the sea

Usage examples:

The road undulates for five miles before a steep climb., the undulating countryside

noun

The action of moving smoothly up and down.

Usage examples:

The soft undulation of the waves animates the scene

verb

Move continuously and rapidly to and fro.

Usage examples:

The cabin started to vibrate

verb

To move quickly backward and forward, or to cause something to shake

Usage examples:

[ i ] musical sounds are produced when the strings of the piano vibrate., [ i ] a thundering boom m…

noun

An instance of vibrating.

Usage examples:

Powerful vibrations from an earthquake

noun

Continuous quick, slight shaking movement

Usage examples:

Vibrations were felt hundreds of miles from the centre of the earthquake., aircraft manufacturers w…

verb

Move or cause to move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down.

Usage examples:

His arm waggled

noun

An act of waggling.

Usage examples:

He went through the same routine, the same wiggles and waggles that he did on the golf course.

verb

Move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.

Usage examples:

He waved to me from the train

noun

A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.

Usage examples:

He was swept out to sea by a freak wave

verb

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

verb

Move in a quivering way; flicker.

Usage examples:

The flame wavered in the draught

verb

To begin to doubt or lose your determination to do something

Usage examples:

He never wavered as the leading voice of african-americans’ call for freedom and equality., she wav…

noun

A strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating a person or for urging on an animal.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't be surprised if they walked around their office wearing tight leather and vinyl with whi…

verb

Short for whipper-in.

noun

An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash

verb

Move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with small rapid movements.

Usage examples:

Vi wiggled her toes

noun

A wiggling movement.

Usage examples:

A slight wiggle of the hips

verb

Move to and fro

noun

The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.

Usage examples:

She does not lack perception or native wit

verb

Have knowledge.

Usage examples:

I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of

verb

Move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The table wobbles where the leg is too short

noun

An unsteady movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The handlebars developed a wobble

verb

To shake or move from side to side in a way that shows a lack of balance, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] the table wobbles because its legs are uneven.