wagger

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwæɡə/    美 /ˈwæɡəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, wags.
    — a finger-wagger    waggers of tongues
  2. Ellipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger. British,abbreviation,alt-of,dated,ellipsis
  3. A truant, notably who ditches school.
    — 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.

词形变化

waggers plural waggers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
flag-wagger tailwagger wienie wagger

词源

词源 1
From wag + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
词源 2
Ellipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger.
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