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wagging

verb as in wiggle back and forth

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I like to end columns with a potential policy fix, some kind of suggested action, or at least a stern finger-wagging.

This finger-wagging about sexy photos is just the latest incarnation.

And this movie is talking about the dollar signs wagging the soul.

That career, by the way, turns 20 years old next week with the anniversary of her tongue-wagging debut in The Mask.

He called her “a silly chattering windbag, an infernal liar, a conceited, gushing, rump-wagging, blethering ass.”

Now he was wagging his head solemnly, pulling his beard, and over and over repeating, "But hens is contrary—hens is contrary."

Henry Holmes was standing with his back to the stove, one hand wagging up and down at the solemn line of figures on the bench.

But this dog's tail was wagging, certainly, so Jess bent over without fear to look at the paw.

But he had one friend left—little Wienerwurst, who frisked up to him just then, wagging his tail.

He brought it in his hat and gave it to the dog, who lapped it slowly at first, but afterwards much faster, and wagging his tail.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wagging, such as: quiver, swing, nod, sway, shake, and vibrate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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