"bewag" meaning in English

See bewag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bewags [present, singular, third-person], bewagging [participle, present], bewagged [participle, past], bewagged [past]
Etymology: From be- + wag. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|wag}} be- + wag Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} bewag (third-person singular simple present bewags, present participle bewagging, simple past and past participle bewagged)
  1. (transitive) To wag about; waggle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bewag-en-verb-NMQaXZQ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. (transitive) To wag excessively or completely. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bewag-en-verb-1XREBf87 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bewagged

Inflected forms

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