wag

[US]/wæg/
[UK]/wæɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. (af en hale) at bevæge sig fra side til side, ofte som et tegn på begejstring eller lykke.
Word Forms
Past Participlewagged
Present Participlewagging
Pluralwags
Third Person Singularwags
Past Tensewagged

Phrases & Collocations

wagging tail

logrende hale

waggle

vrikke

wagging tongue

logrende tunge

waggle dance

vrikkedans

wagging his head

logrende med hovedet

wagging his finger

vrikkende med fingeren

wagging their heads

logrende med deres hoveder

wagging his tail

logrende med halen

Example Sentences

with a wag of the tail

med et logrende halesæt

a chirpy wag of the head.

en kvikkende hovedrysten.

a farewell wag of the hand.

et farvelsving med hånden.

I'll not wag an ace further.

Jeg vil ikke vave et es mere.

the wages of sin.

syndens løn.

They are waging warfare with drought.

De fører krig med tørke.

venture a small wager

vove et lille væddemål

A wager is a fool’s argument.

Et væddemål er en tåbes argument.

they were waging mimic war.

de førte en efterlignede krig.

the wages are low by today's standards.

lønningerne er lave i forhold til nutidens standarder.

Boogie plays the wag from school.

Boogie spiller trækken fra skolen.

disasters are the wages of sin.

katastrofer er syndens løn.

The tail wags the dog.

Halens hale fører hunden.

The controversy waged for a few years.

Kontroversen rasede i et par år.

the relation between wages and prices

forholdet mellem lønninger og priser

The North waged war on the South.

Norden førte krig mod Syd.

An advance on wages was made.

Der blev foretaget et lønforhøjelse.

Wages of sin is death.

Syndens løn er død.

wages have been driven down even further.

lønningerne er blevet presset endnu mere ned.

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