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1. Move from side to side
   "The happy dog wagged his tail";
   - waggle
    
2. [Austral, NZ, informal] Be absent from work or school without permission
   "The boy often wags";
   - bunk off [Brit, informal], play hooky [N. Amer, informal], skive [Brit, informal], bunk [Brit, informal], mitch [Ireland, informal], truant, play truant

1. A witty amusing person who makes jokes
   - wit, card, dag [US, Austral, informal]
    
2. Causing to move repeatedly from side to side
   - waggle, shake
    
3. [UK] A wife or girlfriend of a professional sportsman, esp. one that likes to appear in public or travel with them

Derived forms: wags, wagging, wagged

Type of: agitation, cut, humorist, jiggle, joggle, skip, wiggle

Encyclopedia: Wag