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the wag(g)on

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  • hop the wag — Vrb phrs. To play truant. E.g. You see far too many school kids hopping the wag …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • 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 — 1. verb a) To swing from side to side, especially of an animals tail My misfortunes all began in wagging, Sir; but what could I do, exceptin wag? Excepting what? said Mr. Carker. Wag, Sir. Wagging from school. Do you mean pretending to go there,… …   Wiktionary

  • wag — 1. v. & n. v. (wagged, wagging) 1 tr. & intr. shake or wave rapidly or energetically to and fro. 2 intr. archaic (of the world, times, etc.) go along with varied fortune or characteristics. n. a single wagging motion (with a wag of his tail).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wag it — vb British to play truant. A modern version of the phrase hop the wag , in which the wag in question is a shortening of waggon. The Australian term wag and its extension wag off are other modern derivations. All these kids , says Marjorie disap… …   Contemporary slang

  • wag off — vb to bunk off, play truant. This 1980s var iant on the old phrases hop the wag and on the wag , used by schoolchil dren, is heard in Britain and Australia. (The word was defined for viewers in a report on Newsround, a BBC TV chil dren s… …   Contemporary slang

  • wag — vb Australian to play truant. A variant of the older British form hop the wag , in which the wag in question is a shortening of wag gon. ► And don t you go wagging school this af ternoon either 1 might be bringing Frank round. (Richmond Hill,… …   Contemporary slang

  • wag — I Australian Slang skip school or work; truancy II Yorkshire Dialect Play Truant III A Geordie Dictionary Playing the wag is playing truant …   English dialects glossary

  • the tail wagging the dog — Meaning An item of group of minor importance influencing events more than its larger and more important neighbour. S.J. Perelman, the US humorist, used the phrase for a nice wittism after escaping the attentions of a group of prostitutes A case… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • Wag Hemra Zone — Wag Hemra is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Wag Hemra is bordered on the south by Semien Wollo, on the southwest by Debub (South) Gondar, on the west by Semen (North) Gondar, on the north and east by the Tigray Region. Towns in Wag… …   Wikipedia

  • Wag — Wag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wagging}.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry, G. & D. bewegen… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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