twag

T1W4A1G2
/twæɡ/

verb

To play truant.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

twag1

verbtwag (third-person singular simple present twags, present participle twagging, simple past and past participle twagged)

present singular third person twags · participle present twagging · participle past twagged · past twagged · alternative twagg

  1. UKYorkshiredialectalTo play truant.

    Synonyms: play hooky, skive, skive off

TWAG2

nounTWAG (plural TWAGs)

plural TWAGs

  1. informalA wife or girlfriend of a tennis player.

    Number one TWAG (that's tennis WAG) Kim Sears put her best fashion foot forward at the opening day of Wimbledon yesterday.

    2014 June 24, Sarah Barns, “Get the look: It's all white for Kim Sears as she wows in £225 Reiss dress and Aspinal bag”, in Daily Express, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024
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    Either way, the future looks secure for Tim and original Twag (tennis wife and/or girlfriend) Lucy. There's no need to become a PE teacher or pub landlord just yet.

    2007 August 21, Barney Ronay, “Game, set and match”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024

    FORGET the beautiful women cheering on from the side lines at Euro 2016, now it’s time for the TWAGs (that’s tennis wives and girlfriends) to steal the spotlight.

    2016 June 21, Sarah Barns, “IT’S LOVE-ALL! Meet the TWAGS (that’s the tennis wives and girlfriends) bringing the glamour to Wimbledon 2016”, in The Sun, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024

    With her appearance in the Netflix series Break Point, Riddle is the unofficial queen TWAG, with Nick Kyrgios’ girlfriend Costeen Hatzi, US player Tommy Paul’s partner Paige Lorenze and Daria Sergeyevna’s girlfriend Natalia Zabiiako part of a growing online royal court.

    2024 January 20, Damien Woolnough, “Meet the TWAGs changing the look of tennis”, in The Age, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo play truant.

Origin

TWAG · noun

Blend of tennis + WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

twag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twag

MLA

“twag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twag.

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