wagger
Word-form referenceswagger-pagger-bagger
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈwæɡə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈwæɡəɹ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
One who, or that which, wags.
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a finger-wagger waggers of tongues
A truant, notably who ditches school.
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More examples (1)
With this mighty resolution framed and glassed, and hung over his bed, along with a pleasing representation of a gleaming eye, bearing the legend, "Thou, God, seest me," he managed by bearing himself humbly among his fellows, or rather, by having humility thrust upon him, to avert for a period such calamity as doth befall the Sunday swimmer, the fruit stealer, the school wagger, the root smoker, the Chinaman pelter, and the window smasher.
Word forms
waggers