Wag

(noun.) causing to move repeatedly from side to side.

(noun.) a witty amusing person who makes jokes.

(verb.) move from side to side; 'The happy dog wagged his tail'.

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• Mr. Pickwick, you are a wag. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Dammy, George said to a confidential friend, she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Our only chance of safety lay in making a clean job of it, said he, and he would not leave a tongue with power to wag in a witness-box. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Hullo, Dobbin, one wag would say, here's good news in the paper. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Ah,' said the little man, 'you're a wag, ain't you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He's a very agreeable acquaintance, Beck, the wag added. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He led the way out, wagging his head and growling ominously. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• God bless my soul, yes, Jos said, wagging his head, so that his cheeks quivered like jellies. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• 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. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I will tell you in your private ear, replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• 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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• No, no,' said the other, looking round her and wagging her toothless jaws. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The dog wagged his tail, but moved not. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• His face was ashy pale, beads of perspiration shone upon his brow, and his hands shook until the hunting-crop wagged like a branch in the wind. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Judging from the fallen countenance of Silas as his head wagged backwards and forwards in a most uncomfortable manner, he did understand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The old dog always comes out of his kennel and wags his tail, and whines affectionately when somebody passes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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