English edit

Etymology edit

From be- +‎ wag.

Verb edit

bewag (third-person singular simple present bewags, present participle bewagging, simple past and past participle bewagged)

  1. (transitive) To wag about; waggle.
    • 1930, William Arthur Shaw, The theory and principles of central banking:
      Which does the wagging and which is the bewagged?
    • 2009, COMMENTATOR: The Opportunity:
      With strange language, bewags his tongue [...]
  2. (transitive) To wag excessively or completely.
    • 2007, Vivek Iyer, Whiskey's Secret:
      Raman clan, it was already too late- bewigged Englishmen and, later, bewagged, Indian running dogs, sat in judgement over courts which were scrupulous [...]

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