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English Idioms :: wag
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wag.html - See: TONGUES TO WAG or TONGUES WAG. |
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English Idioms :: wag one's chin
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wag.html - See: BEAT ONE'S GUMS, CHEW THE FAT, CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE. |
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English Idioms :: wagon
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wag.html - See: FIX SOMEONE'S WAGON, HITCH ONE'S WAGON TO A STAR, JUMP ON THE BAND WAGON, OFF THE WAGON, ON THE WAGON. |
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Traditional English :: wag(1)
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wag.html - 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). the tail wags the dog the less or least important member of a society, section of a party, or part of a structure has control. tongues (or beards or chins or jaws) wag there is talk. [ME waggen f. root of OE wagian sway] |
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Traditional English :: wag(2)
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wag.html - n. 1 a facetious person, a joker. 2 Brit. sl. a truant (play the wag). [prob. f. obs. waghalter one likely to be hanged (as WAG(1), HALTER)] |
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Traditional English :: wage
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wag.html - n. & v. --n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a fixed regular payment, usu. daily or weekly, made by an employer to an employee, esp. to a manual or unskilled worker (cf. SALARY).
2 (in sing. or pl.) requital (the wages of sin is death).
3 (in pl.) Econ. the part of total production that rewards labour rather than remunerating capital. --v.tr. carry on (a war, conflict, or contest). living wage a wage that affords the means of normal subsistence. wage-claim = pay-claim (see PAY(1) )). wage-earner a person who works for wages. wages council a board of workers' and employers' representatives determining wages where there is no collective bargaining. wage slave a person dependent on income from labour in conditions like slavery. [ME f. AF & ONF wage, OF g(u)age, f. Gmc, rel. to GAGE(1), WED] |
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