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Wag | Wag \Wag\, n. [From {Wag}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. [Perhaps shortened from wag-halter a rogue.] A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. [1913 Webster] We wink at wags when they offend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] A counselor never pleaded without a piece of pack thread in his hand, which he used to twist about a finger all the while he was speaking; the wags used to call it the thread of his discourse. --Addison. [1913 Webster] |
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