wagger

wag·ger
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UK/ˈwæɡə/US/ˈwæɡəɹ/

noun

One who, or that which, wags.

“a finger-wagger    waggers of tongues”

Scrabble 11

Meanings

wagger1

nounwagger (plural waggers)

plural waggers

  1. One who, or that which, wags.

    a finger-wagger    waggers of tongues

  2. A truant, notably who ditches school.
    1 more example

    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.

    1913, Norman Lindsay, “(please specify the page)”, in A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney, N.S.W.: N.S.W. Bookstall, →OCLC

wagger2

nounwagger (plural waggers)

plural waggers

  1. BritishabbreviationdatedellipsishumorousslangEllipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

wagger · noun

From wag + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

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Translations

Polish osoba kiwająca się
  • osoba kiwająca sięone who, or that which, wags

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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