wag its tail

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• wag the dog — To wag the dog means to purposely divert attention from what would otherwise be of greater importance, to something else of lesser significance. By doing so, the lesser significant event is catapulted into the limelight, drowning proper attention …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• wag — [[t]wæ̱g[/t]] wags, wagging, wagged 1) VERB When a dog wags its tail, it repeatedly waves its tail from side to side. [V n] The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail. 2) VERB If you wag your finger, you shake it repeatedly and quickly… …   English dictionary

• tail — noun 1 of an animal, a bird, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ bushy, curly, forked, pointed ▪ muscular, prehensile …   Collocations dictionary

• wag — wag1 [wæg] v past tense and past participle wagged present participle wagging [Date: 1200 1300; : Old English; Origin: wagian to shake ] 1.) [I and T] if a dog wags its tail, or if its tail wags, the dog moves its tail many times from one side to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wag — I UK [wæɡ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms wag : present tense I/you/we/they wag he/she/it wags present participle wagging past tense wagged past participle wagged 1) if a dog wags its tail, it moves its tail from one side to the… …   English dictionary

• wag — I. /wæg / (say wag) verb (wagged, wagging) –verb (t) 1. to move from side to side, forwards and backwards, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: the dog wagged its tail. 2. to move (the tongue) in talking. 3. to shake (a finger) at… …  

• wag´ger — wag1 «wag», verb, wagged, wag|ging, noun. –v.t. 1. to cause to wag: »The dog wagged its tail. Her highborne turban d head she wags and rolls her darkling eye (Walt Whitman). 2. to move (the …   Useful english dictionary

• wag — wagger, n. /wag/, v., wagged, wagging, n. v.t. 1. to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, esp. rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail. 2. to move (the tongue), as in idle or indiscreet chatter. 3. to shake (a… …   Universalium

• wag — wag1 [ wæg ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) if a dog wags its tail, it moves its tail from one side to the other several times 2. ) if a person wags a finger or their head, they shake it several times => TAIL1, TONGUE1 wag wag 2 [ wæg ]… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wag — verb ADVERB ▪ furiously ▪ The dog raced ahead, its tail wagging furiously. ▪ happily Wag is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑tail, ↑tongue Wag is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• wag — [[t]wæg[/t]] v. wagged, wag•ging, n. 1) to move from side to side, esp. rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail[/ex] 2) to move (the tongue), as in idle chatter 3) to shake (a finger) at someone, as in reproach 4) to be moved from side to… …   From formal English to slang