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awag

awag adjective: wagging.

Adjective

awag (not comparable)

  1. Wagging.
    • The puppies ran up to the girl, their tails all awag.
    • The men are as silent as if they were dumb. Then something sets all their tongues awag, and the woods and fields echo with their shouts and laughter.1887, John A. Martin, “Memories of the March” in Addresses, Topeka: Kansas Publishing House, 1888

Origin of awag

From a- + wag.

Questions about awag

What does awag mean?
Awag means wagging.
What part of speech is awag?
Awag is an adjective.

Words near awag in the dictionary

  1. Awadh
  2. Awadhesh
  3. Awadhi
  4. Awadhis
  5. Awads
  6. awag
  7. awaie
  8. await
  9. awaitable
  10. awaitables
  11. awaited

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