finger-wag

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The movement of the index finger horizontally back and forth, as to say no or reject something.
  2. The movement of the index finger repeatedly up and down, as to threaten or reprimand someone.
动词 v.
  1. To move the index finger horizontally back and forth, as to say no or reject something.
  2. To move the index finger repeatedly up and down, as to threaten or reprimand someone.
    — For these and other reasons, I disagree with reecent critiques of the film, such as Matt Novak's finger-wagging thinkpiece, "Idiocracy Is a Cruel Movie and You Should Be Ashamed for Liking It." (2014)

词形变化

finger-wags present,singular,third-person finger-wagging participle,present finger-wagged participle,past finger-wagged past finger wag alternative fingerwag alternative finger-wags plural finger wag alternative fingerwag alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
finger-wagging

词源

词源 1
From finger + wag.
词源 2
From finger + wag.
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