"WAG" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wæɡ/ Forms: WAGs [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”). Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|WAGs||wives and girlfriends}} Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} WAG (plural WAGs)
  1. (informal, UK, Ireland) A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player. Tags: Ireland, UK, informal
    Sense id: en-WAG-en-noun-5hHihLKH Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English back-formations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /wæɡ/ Forms: WAGs [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡ Etymology: Acronym of wild-assed guess. Etymology templates: {{acronym of|en|wild-assed guess}} Acronym of wild-assed guess. Head templates: {{en-noun}} WAG (plural WAGs)
  1. (informal, business or military slang, US) A wild-assed guess; a rough estimate. Tags: US, informal, slang
    Sense id: en-WAG-en-noun-simnln3U Categories (other): American English Topics: business, government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Symbol [Translingual]

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  1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Gambia. Wikipedia link: Gambia, Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, ISO 3166-1, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2#Indeterminate reservations, International Organization for Standardization Synonyms: GMB
    Sense id: en-WAG-mul-symbol-qgGRuWtT Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 16 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 7 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 6 81

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