WAGGED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

wagged

verb

past tense of wag

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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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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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 wagged From the dugout, Diamondbacks bench coach Jeff Banister wagged his finger at the Cubs. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Dogs being hurried out of the apartment building by their owners wagged their tails, excited by the commotion. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026 After waiting for Odysseus to return, the dog wagged its tail and died. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026 Vlašić wagged his tongue and ran toward his teammates with outstretched arms in celebration. — CBS News, 27 June 2026 Or, remember when Republicans wagged their fingers at former President Barack Obama’s golf outings? — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026 The dog of outdoor adventures for seriously ill children was not, in other words, being wagged by the tail of the popular salad-dressing company. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 Kadri looked up, briefly, then wagged a gloved finger in appreciation. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026 After his score was announced Tuesday, Malinin’s coach, Rafael Arutyunyan, confidently wagged a single finger in the air. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagged

Verb

Above the dancers flapped a ring of American flags, each representing a military veteran from the community who had passed away.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Luna then tried to jump over Sandy to get back into the bowl of the nest, but Sandy lost her balance and flapped down to the lower branches.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of flapped

Verb

But after returning to Kansas City following that second interview in the Windy City, Matthews talked with then-Royals owner Ewing Kauffman.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
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— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of talked

Verb

On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.

— Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of bobbed

Verb

Paul Marie flicked a ball off the outside of his foot to Judd, who scored on a volley from the edge of the 6-yard box to give the Earthquakes a 3-0 lead in the 29th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Reus played a free kick from near the left end line to the near post, where Klauss flicked in a header in the 76th minute.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of flicked

Verb

The two friends also gossiped about the buzz surrounding their friendship, Shawkat previously told The New Yorker.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026
If her fellow cast members were debriefed about her dismissal or gossiped amongst themselves, it was not shown onscreen.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of gossiped

Verb

In other Asian Games events like hockey, players from both countries did embrace each other and shook hands with each other after India beat Pakistan in the semifinal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of shook

Verb

During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerked

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