wag
verb (used with object)
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly.
Example Sentences
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The problem is that when he wrote well, you remembered his waggishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
At the controversy’s peak, Peele tweeted simply, “It’s a documentary,” poking the beehive with characteristic waggishness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2017
Though Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison—with the permission of the author’s estate—have somewhat expanded and changed Dahl’s story, The BFG honors the author’s whimsical, waggishness impropriety.
From Time ● May 16, 2016
Joviality and waggishness may not be traits you immediately associate with the Stalinist secret police.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2016
But for a grave waggishness in Mr Rugg's manner of delivering this introduction to the feast, it might have appeared that Miss Dorrit was expected to be one of the company.
From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
