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wagger

wagger

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A person or animal that moves its tail when happy
  • noun
  • /ˈwæɡər/
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  • My friend's dog is a true wagger, constantly wagging its tail when it's happy to see us.

Examples

  • The joyful dog is such a wagger, always happily waving its tail whenever it sees me.

  • Not tyrants or finger waggers.

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  • At the park, I saw a little wagger excitedly greeting everyone with a cheerful tail shake.

Surface Forms

wagger singular
waggers plural

Morphology

wagger = wag (transparent) = wag + er

The meaning is directly derived from 'wag' with the agentive suffix '-er', indicating someone or something that wags.

Etymology

The word wagger comes from the common verb wag, which means 'to move from side to side', like a dog's tail. So a wagger is someone or an animal that happily 'wags' something, often a tail.