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wag

[wæg] брит. / амер.

    1. гл.

        1. качаться, колебаться

        2. махать; качать, колебать

        1. шевелиться, двигаться

        2. шевелить, двигать

      1. разг. болтать, сплетничать

      2. кивать, делать знак

      3. ходить вразвалку

      4. продвигаться (о делах)

    2. сущ.

      движение, взмах (рукой и т. п.); кивок; виляние (хвостом)

    1. сущ.

      1. шутник, остряк; шут, фигляр

      2. разг.

        прогульщик; бездельник, лентяй

    2. гл.; разг.; = wag it

      прогуливать (обычно уроки)

Biology (En-Ru)

wag

взмах; кивок; махать хвостом, вилять хвостом

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But he was not prompt in obeying Emil - not as he was with his master Pantaleone - and when Emil ordered him to 'speak,' or to 'sneeze,' he only wagged his tail and thrust out his tongue like a pipe.
Впрочем, Эмиля он слушался плохо - не то, что своего хозяина Панталеоне, и когда Эмиль приказывал ему "говорить" или "чихать",- только хвостиком повиливал и высовывал язык трубочкой.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
In his politeness, Moisey Moisevitch put on a look of wonder and wagged his head expressively.
Мойсей Мойсеич из вежливости изобразил на лице своем удивление и значительно покрутил головой.
Чехов, А.П. / СтепьChekhov, A. / The steppe
The steppe
Chekhov, A.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Степь
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1974
But the most intelligent of four-footed creatures only wagged her tail, blinked her weary eyes dejectedly, and gave me no sensible advice.
Но умнейшая из четвероногих тварей только повиляла хвостиком, уныло моргнула усталыми глазками и не подала мне никакого дельного совета.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Morris wagged a bloody finger.
Моррис погрозил ей пальцем.
Robb, J.D. / Strangers In DeathРобертс, Нора / Бархатная смерть
Бархатная смерть
Робертс, Нора
© 2008 by Nora Roberts
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© Перевод. Н. Миронова, 2009
Strangers In Death
Robb, J.D.
© 2008 by Nora Roberts
For an instant he held his ear to the door, listening, then winked triumphantly across the passage to the landlady, who shook her finger and wagged her head at him, as though to say, "Och, naughty man, naughty man!"
Мгновение он прислушивался у двери, подставив ухо и победительно подмигивая через коридор хозяйке, которая грозила ему пальцем и покачивала головой, как бы выговаривая: "Ох шалун, шалун!"
Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw Youth
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
Katya wagged her finger at him threateningly.
Катя погрозила ему пальцем.
Тургенев, И.С. / Отцы и детиTurgenev, I.S. / Fathers and sons
Fathers and sons
Turgenev, I.S.
©1948 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Отцы и дети
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1969
But her tongue still wagged while she crossed the stole with the maniple, and wreathed the girdle so as to trace the venerated initial of Mary's holy name.
Она не переставала болтать, хотя и укладывала в это время орарь в виде креста на епитрахили и располагала гирляндою шнур так, чтобы он изобразил заглавную букву святого имени девы Марии.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Gutman leaned forward and wagged a fat finger at the pistols on the table beside Spade's legs.
Гутман наклонился вперед и потыкал толстым пальцем в пистолеты, лежавшие на столе около ног Спейда.
Hammett, Dashiell / The Maltese FalconХэммет, Дэшилл / Мальтийский сокол
Мальтийский сокол
Хэммет, Дэшилл
© Dashiell Hammett, 1929, 1930
© Перевод. Ю. Здоровов, 2010
© Издание на русском языке AST Publishers, 2010
The Maltese Falcon
Hammett, Dashiell
© 1929, 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
© 1956, 1957 by Dashiell Hammett
The old monk was still motionless in his chair from the neck down, but his head wagged and his face contracted.
Тело старика оставалось неподвижным в кресле, но голова моталась из стороны в сторону, а лицо передергивала судорога.
Kostova, Elisabeth / The HistorianКостова, Элизабет / Историк
Историк
Костова, Элизабет
© Перевод. Г. Соловьева, 2005
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2005
© Elizabeth Kostova, 2005
The Historian
Kostova, Elisabeth
© 2005 by Elizabeth Kostova
He watched the sword fall a second time, wondering if the tongue still wagged after death, sitting in the draining palate of the dead man's head.
Он посмотрел, как топор упал второй раз, думая, шевелится ли язык после смерти, помещенный в сочащемся небе головы мертвеца.
Barker, Clive / The Damnation GameБаркер, Клайв / Проклятая игра
Проклятая игра
Баркер, Клайв
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
© 1994, Кэдмэн
© перевод Д. Аношина
The Damnation Game
Barker, Clive
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
She wagged her fine old head.
Склонила благородную белую голову.
Woolf, Virginia / Mrs DallowayВульф, Вирджиния / Миссис Дэллоуэй
Миссис Дэллоуэй
Вульф, Вирджиния
© Художественная литература, 1989
Mrs Dalloway
Woolf, Virginia
© CRW Publishing Limited 2003
"You are a fine set of fellows in Bogalyovka!" he said, and wagged his head.
- Молодцы у вас в Богалёвке! - сказал он и покрутил головой.
Чехов, А.П. / ВорыChekhov, A. / The horse-stealers
The horse-stealers
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Воры
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
He licked his crushed and wounded back, and, as though nothing was the matter, wagged his tail and barked at the wolf.
Судя по манерам, это был невежа, простой дворняжка. Он облизал свою помятую, раненую спину и, как ни в чем не бывало, замахал хвостом и залаял на волчиху.
Чехов, А.П. / БелолобыйChekhov, A. / Whitebrow
Whitebrow
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Белолобый
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
And she wagged her head expressively.
И она выразительно мотнула головой.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
The cubs did not understand what he meant, but they wagged their tails.
Волчата ничего не поняли, но замахали хвостами.
Чехов, А.П. / БелолобыйChekhov, A. / Whitebrow
Whitebrow
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Белолобый
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

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  1. 1.

    1. размахивавший 2. покачивавший(ся)

    3. грозивший (пальцем) 4. вилявший (хвостом)

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Collocations

motor-wag
моторный вагон
wag one's finger at smb
грозить кому-л. пальцем
wig-wag signal
автофлаг
wig-wag signal
переездный маятниковый сигнал
paraffin wag emulsion
парафиновая эмульсия
wag tail
вилять хвостом
set tongues wagging
давать пищу для сплетен
set chins wagging
давать повод к сплетням

Word forms

wag

verb
Basic forms
Pastwagged
Imperativewag
Present Participle (Participle I)wagging
Past Participle (Participle II)wagged
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I wagwe wag
you wagyou wag
he/she/it wagsthey wag
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am waggingwe are wagging
you are waggingyou are wagging
he/she/it is waggingthey are wagging
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have waggedwe have wagged
you have waggedyou have wagged
he/she/it has waggedthey have wagged
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been waggingwe have been wagging
you have been waggingyou have been wagging
he/she/it has been waggingthey have been wagging
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I waggedwe wagged
you waggedyou wagged
he/she/it waggedthey wagged
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was waggingwe were wagging
you were waggingyou were wagging
he/she/it was waggingthey were wagging
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had waggedwe had wagged
you had waggedyou had wagged
he/she/it had waggedthey had wagged
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been waggingwe had been wagging
you had been waggingyou had been wagging
he/she/it had been waggingthey had been wagging
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will wagwe shall/will wag
you will wagyou will wag
he/she/it will wagthey will wag
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be waggingwe shall/will be wagging
you will be waggingyou will be wagging
he/she/it will be waggingthey will be wagging
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have waggedwe shall/will have wagged
you will have waggedyou will have wagged
he/she/it will have waggedthey will have wagged
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been waggingwe shall/will have been wagging
you will have been waggingyou will have been wagging
he/she/it will have been waggingthey will have been wagging
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would wagwe should/would wag
you would wagyou would wag
he/she/it would wagthey would wag
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be waggingwe should/would be wagging
you would be waggingyou would be wagging
he/she/it would be waggingthey would be wagging
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have waggedwe should/would have wagged
you would have waggedyou would have wagged
he/she/it would have waggedthey would have wagged
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been waggingwe should/would have been wagging
you would have been waggingyou would have been wagging
he/she/it would have been waggingthey would have been wagging
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am waggedwe are wagged
you are waggedyou are wagged
he/she/it is waggedthey are wagged
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being waggedwe are being wagged
you are being waggedyou are being wagged
he/she/it is being waggedthey are being wagged
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been waggedwe have been wagged
you have been waggedyou have been wagged
he/she/it has been waggedthey have been wagged
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was waggedwe were wagged
you were waggedyou were wagged
he/she/it was waggedthey were wagged
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being waggedwe were being wagged
you were being waggedyou were being wagged
he/she/it was being waggedthey were being wagged
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been waggedwe had been wagged
you had been waggedyou had been wagged
he/she/it had been waggedthey had been wagged
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be waggedwe shall/will be wagged
you will be waggedyou will be wagged
he/she/it will be waggedthey will be wagged
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been waggedwe shall/will have been wagged
you will have been waggedyou will have been wagged
he/she/it will have been waggedthey will have been wagged