Antonyms for wagger


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wag
Phonetic Transcription : wæg


Definition of wagger

Origin :
  • early 13c., "waver, vacillate, lack steadfastness," probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse vagga "a cradle," Danish vugge "rock a cradle," Old Swedish wagga "fluctuate"), and in part from Old English wagian "move backwards and forwards;" all from Proto-Germanic *wagojanan (cf. Old High German weggen, Gothic wagjan "to wag"), probably from PIE root *wegh- "to move about" (see weigh). Meaning "to move back and forth or up and down" is from c.1300. Wagtail is attested from c.1500 as a kind of small bird (late 12c. as a surname); 18c. as "a harlot," but seems to be implied much earlier:
  • If therefore thou make not thy mistress a goldfinch, thou mayst chance to find her a wagtaile. [Lyly, "Midas," 1592]
  • Wag-at-the-wall (1825) was an old name for a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed.
  • As in tail : noun end piece, part
  • As in tail end : noun tail
Example sentences :
  • They say on Sunday afternoon the Wagger makes the same speech to the freshers that he's made for twenty years.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 2 » by Compton Mackenzie

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