Wagger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwæɡə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wagger is a noun meaning One who, or that which, wags.
Meaning
One who, or that which, wags.
More Meanings
- A truant, notably who ditches school.
- (originally Oxford University slang, now British slang, humorous, dated) Ellipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger.
Example Sentences
a finger-wagger waggers of tongues
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
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tail, waggler, waggling, wigwagger, waggle, wigwag.
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