wag
要点振る
意味
- 〈頭・尾など〉を振る,揺り動かす
- 〈頭・尾などが〉振れる,揺れ動く;(おしゃべりで)〈舌が〉ぺらぺら動く
- (…を)振ること《+of+名》
- (男の)ひょうきん者,(機知に富んだ)おどけ者(wit)
例文
The dog, wagging its tail, followed its master.
その犬は尾を振りながら、主人の後についていった。
Tom used to wag school a lot when he was a kid.
トムって、子供の頃よく学校をサボってたのよ。
The dog followed its master, wagging its tail.
犬は尻尾を振って、主人を追いました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (“to wag, waddle”); both from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to wag”). Related to English way. The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waw (verb), which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), vugge (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb