Wagging
[wæg]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wag
Typed by Brooke
Examples
- He led the way out, wagging his head and growling ominously. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- God bless my soul, yes, Jos said, wagging his head, so that his cheeks quivered like jellies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pray tell me what it is, said Dorothea, anxiously, also rising and going to the open window, where Monk was looking in, panting and wagging his tail. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I will tell you in your private ear, replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When she had entered two or three laborious items in the account-book, Jip would walk over the page, wagging his tail, and smear them all out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No, no,' said the other, looking round her and wagging her toothless jaws. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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