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"word": "finger-wag"
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"word": "tail wagging the dog"
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"word": "wag a finger"
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"word": "wag-at-the-wall"
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"word": "wag hemp"
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"word": "wag it"
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"t": "to wag, wave, shake"
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"2": "vagga",
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"4": "to rock a cradle"
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"2": "wagen",
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"4": "to move"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (“to wag, waddle”); both from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to wag”). Related to English way.\nThe verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waw (verb), which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb",
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"present"
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"sense": "swing from side to side",
"word": "nod"
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"sense": "swing from side to side",
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"To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief."
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"tail",
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[
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klatja",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "клатя"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "remenar"
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{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "logre"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "kwispelen"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "svingi"
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{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "heiluttaa"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "heilua"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "huiskua"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
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"sense": "to swing from side to side",
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"word": "huiskaa"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "frétiller"
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{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "remuer"
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{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "abanar"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "brandear"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "wedeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kounó",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "κουνώ"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "saínō",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "σαίνω"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "csóvál"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "ingat"
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{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "ráz"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "lenget"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "ide-oda mozgat"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "croith"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "luasc"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "scodinzolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "furu",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "振る"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yureru",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "揺れる"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑk",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "បក់"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "ba dan",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "با دان"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "takawheta"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "takawhetawheta"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "tōroherohe"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "tātā"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šarvax",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "шарвах"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "logre"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "machać"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "machnąć"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of dogs",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "merdać"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of dogs",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "merdnąć"
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"code": "pl",
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"note": "of dogs",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zamerdać"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "abanar"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "dar ao rabo"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "e.g. tail",
"roman": "viljátʹ",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "виля́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maxátʹ",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "маха́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹ",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кача́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "menear"
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{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "rabear"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "vifta"
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"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "siglo"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 20 2 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "ysgwyd"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1901, William Sylvester Walker, Blood, i. 13",
"text": "They had \"wagged it\" from school, as they termed it, which..meant truancy in all its forms.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Arctic Monkeys, “Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts”, in I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor",
"text": "[…] she wagged English and Science just to go in his car […]",
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"To play truant from school."
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"(UK, Australia, slang) To play truant from school."
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"en:play truant"
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{
"word": "see play truant"
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"translations": [
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"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "ober skol al louarn"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bjagam ot učilište",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "бягам от училище"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃學"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táoxué",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃学"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "曠課"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuàngkè",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "旷课"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃課"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táokè",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃课"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "翹課"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiàokè",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "翘课"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "spijbelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "lintsata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "sécher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "faire l’école buissonnière"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "latar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "schwänzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "lóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "iskolát kerül"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "marinare la scuola"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "takē kura"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "skulke"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wagarować"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "vaguear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "chiuli"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "progúlivatʹ",
"sense": "to skip school",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прогу́ливать"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proguljátʹ",
"sense": "to skip school",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прогуля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "skolka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "(okulu) asmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "kırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "sallamak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To go; to proceed; to move; to progress."
],
"id": "en-wag-en-verb-ILjDvokc",
"links": [
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
],
[
"move",
"move#Verb"
],
[
"progress",
"progress#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To go; to proceed; to move; to progress."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's a real gossip: her tongue is always wagging.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue."
],
"id": "en-wag-en-verb-2hvOGJ4k",
"links": [
[
"gossip",
"gossip"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor",
"text": "I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave; to depart."
],
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"word": "takawhetawheta"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "tōroherohe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "tātā"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šarvax",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "шарвах"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "logre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "machać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "machnąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of dogs",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "merdać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of dogs",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "merdnąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of dogs",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zamerdać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "abanar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "dar ao rabo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "e.g. tail",
"roman": "viljátʹ",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "виля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maxátʹ",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "маха́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačátʹ",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кача́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "menear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "rabear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "vifta"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "siglo"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to swing from side to side",
"word": "ysgwyd"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "ober skol al louarn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bjagam ot učilište",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "бягам от училище"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃學"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táoxué",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃学"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "曠課"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuàngkè",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "旷课"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃課"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "táokè",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "逃课"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "翹課"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiàokè",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "翘课"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "spijbelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "lintsata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "sécher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "faire l’école buissonnière"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "latar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "schwänzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "lóg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "iskolát kerül"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "marinare la scuola"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "takē kura"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "skulke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wagarować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "vaguear"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "chiuli"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "progúlivatʹ",
"sense": "to skip school",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прогу́ливать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proguljátʹ",
"sense": "to skip school",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прогуля́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "skolka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "(okulu) asmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "kırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to skip school",
"word": "sallamak"
}
],
"word": "wag"
}
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{
"word": "play the wag"
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"2": "wagen",
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"word": "skivitis"
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"ref": "1855 July 1, anonymous author, The Judge's Big Shirt, Yankee-notions, →ISSN",
"text": "But being a bit of a wag, and relishing a good joke amazingly, he concluded to have a little fun, and at the same time learn his friend a lesson concerning his negligent custom.",
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},
{
"ref": "1922, Robert C. Benchley, chapter XXII, in Love Conquers All, Henry Holt & Company, page 111",
"text": "“A nice, juicy steak,” he is said to have called for, “French fries, apple pie and a cup of coffee.” It is probable that he really said “a coff of cuppee,” however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king.",
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{
"ref": "2019 December 8, Jason Farago, “A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "By Wednesday it had already won art-world notoriety, and on Saturday it achieved a public visibility that any artist would envy, after a self-promoting wag tore the banana off the wall and gobbled it up.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 70",
"text": "Many people can't work from home - as one wag observed: \"Well, I would, but the wife doesn't like me laying tarmac in the front room!\"",
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}
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"A witty person."
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{
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"tags": [
"Australia"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuada"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "remenada"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"word": "heilutus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"word": "huiskutus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"word": "(momentane) huiskaus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wedeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"word": "csóválás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"word": "farkcsóválás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"word": "lengetés"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scodinzolio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "viljánije",
"sense": "oscillating movement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "виля́ние"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šegobiec",
"sense": "witty person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шегобиец"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "witty person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šibal"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "neropatti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "witty person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schelm"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "(joker, funster) mókamester"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "tréfamester"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "kópé"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "tréfacsináló"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "komédiás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "vidám fickó"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "naho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "witty person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gracejador"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šutník",
"sense": "witty person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шутни́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostrják",
"sense": "witty person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "остря́к"
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{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "linkie"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "witty person",
"word": "lustigkurre"
}
],
"word": "wag"
}
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