wagged

verb

Definition of waggednext
past tense of wag
1
as in flapped
to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions the cat's tail wagged back and forth in annoyance

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2
as in talked
to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature tongues will wag as soon as word of the house's selling price gets around

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3
as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements the bird's head wagged jerkily as it looked for worms

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagged
  1. talked
  2. shook
  3. pumped
  4. switched
Verb
  • Cam and Chelsie talked to Makensy about sending Rubina to the jury house, but Makensy pushed back about getting rid of Kimo.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Correspondent Lee Cowan talked with Rock and Laufer, and with Jacob's father, Paul, about a remarkable musical odyssey.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of talked
Verb
  • But, starting in the 1980s, the repression of 1968 was discussed more openly as demands for democratic change shook the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The two shook hands at the top of the evening and repeatedly agreed with each other throughout the debate on the major issues facing the country.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of shook
Verb
  • Xi’s party pumped tidal waves of state funds into markets, scrapped all initial public offerings, suspended trading in thousands of companies and let mainlanders pledge homes as collateral to buy shares.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That includes handling permitting and managing how much water is pumped from the aquifer by users including cities, utilities, businesses and individuals with private aquifer wells.
    Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of pumped
Verb
  • The Dodgers have switched their rotation for the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres, moving Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Game 1 on Saturday night in Chavez Ravine and Jack Flaherty to Game 2 on Sunday night.
    Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In the last 12-months, around 130 million Windows 10 users have switched to Windows 11.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of switched
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