wag
verb (used with object)
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly.
are wagging
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present progressiveof wag.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As President Biden ponders a reelection run in 2024, tongues are wagging about some of the party’s Generation X rising stars including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
All eyes are turning to the latest U.S. inflation figures, but all tongues are wagging about the crash in crypto.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2022
Tongues are wagging a-plenty on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 16, 2014
But while English may be the only truly international language, millions of tongues are wagging over what is rapidly becoming the world's other lingua franca: Mandarin.
From Time Magazine Archive
So half the town is embarrassed and sulking, not to mention ticked off at the other half, who are wagging their fingers to say I told you so.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
