Wag — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈæɡ/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈaɡ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈaɡ/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈæɡ/.

Examples

The happy dog wagged his tail

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shake wit waggle card

Parts of Speech

noun	a witty amusing person who makes jokes
noun	causing to move repeatedly from side to side
verb	move from side to side “The happy dog wagged his tail”

Word Forms

witty	adjective	combining clever conception and facetious expression
wag	verb	move from side to side
waggle	verb	move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
shake	verb	move back and forth or sideways
wag	noun	causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle	noun	causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wedeln

eine witzige, amüsante Person, die Witze macht

🇫🇷French

remuer

une personne amusante et pleine d'esprit qui fait des blagues

🇪🇸Spanish

meneo

una persona ingeniosa y divertida que hace chistes

🇮🇹Italian

scodinzolare

una persona spiritosa e divertente che fa battute

🇳🇱Dutch

kwispelen

een geestige, grappige persoon die grappen maakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

abanar

uma pessoa espirituosa e divertida que faz piadas

🇷🇺Russian

вилять

остроумный забавный человек, который шутит

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हिलाना

एक मजाकिया मनोरंजक व्यक्ति जो चुटकुले बनाता है

🇮🇳Tamil

தள்ளாட்டம்

நகைச்சுவை செய்யும் ஒரு நகைச்சுவையான வேடிக்கையான நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

వాగ్

జోకులు వేసే చమత్కారమైన వినోదభరితమైన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

डगमगणे

विनोद करणारा विनोदी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

હલનચલન

એક વિનોદી મનોરંજક વ્યક્તિ જે મજાક કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಗ್

ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಮಾಡುವ ಹಾಸ್ಯದ ವಿನೋದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വാഗ്

തമാശകൾ പറയുന്ന ഒരു തമാശക്കാരൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਗ

ਇੱਕ ਮਜ਼ਾਕੀਆ ਮਜ਼ੇਦਾਰ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਚੁਟਕਲੇ ਬਣਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہلانا

ایک مضحکہ خیز شخص جو مذاق کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

摇摆

一个会讲笑话的机智有趣的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ワガママ

冗談を言う機知に富んだ面白い人

🇰🇷Korean

흔들기

농담을 하는 재치 있고 재미있는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hay bông lơn

một người vui tính hóm hỉnh hay pha trò

🇹🇭Thai

กระดิก

คนมีไหวพริบและสนุกสนานที่ทำเรื่องตลก

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengibaskan

orang yang lucu dan jenaka yang membuat lelucon

🇲🇾Malay

berlagak

seorang yang lucu lucu yang membuat jenaka

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هز

شخص ذكي ومسلي الذي يطلق النكات

🇮🇷Persian

تکان دادن

یک فرد شوخ و سرگرم کننده که شوخی می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

şaka

şakalar yapan esprili, eğlenceli bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְכַשְׁכֵּשׁ

אדם משעשע שנון שעושה בדיחות

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