wag, chinwag, finger-wagging, go beep-beep, wag one's tongue, wade into

A cartoon by Tom Cheney, from 1985.

"Despite the finger-wagging, PR experts say it’s unlikely that majorNFL sponsors like Verizon and PepsiCo would pull their sponsorship."


 Last night, Barack Obama waded into new territory with a plan for the nation that seemed to rely particularly heavily on gee-whiz technology. In fact, Obama made so many references to 3-D printing, genome mapping, Apple, and clean energy that some wags on Twitter suggested he might be trying out for a writing position at a technology magazine.

wade

[動](自)1 （水の中を）歩く, 歩いて渡る；（雪・泥・草などの中を）やっと［骨折って］通る((across, into, through ...)) wade across a river川...

wade in

(1) 浅瀬に入る.(2) ((略式))勢いよく攻撃する；（むずかしいことを）勢いよく始める.(3) ((英略式))干渉する；活発に参加する.

wade into

((略式))(1) 〈むずかしい仕事などを〉元気よく始める.(2) 〈人を〉激しく攻撃する；〈人と〉けんかする.(3) ⇒(自)1

wag,(wăg) 

v., wagged, wag·ging, wags. v.intr.

1. To move briskly and repeatedly from side to side, to and fro, or up and down.
2. To move rapidly in talking. Used of the tongue.
3. To walk with a clumsy sway; waddle.
4. Archaic. To be on one's way; depart.

v.tr.
To move (a body part) rapidly from side to side or up and down, as in playfulness, agreement, admonition, or chatter.

n.
The act or motion of wagging: a farewell wag of the hand.

[Middle English waggen.]

wagger wag'ger n.

wag² (wăg)
n.
A humorous or droll person; a wit.

[Perhaps from WAG¹.]

vocalization
To express oneself in speech: speak, talk, verbalize.

  Idioms: open one's mouth lips, put in into words, wag one's tongue. See words.べらべらしゃべる.

[動]（〜ged, 〜・ging）(他)

1 〈動物が〉〈尾などを〉振る, ゆする, 振り動かす；〈あいさつなどを〉尾を振ってする；〈人が〉〈指・頭などを〉振る

wag one's finger at a person
人の鼻先で指を振る（▼非難・軽蔑）

wag one's head
首を縦に振る（▼軽蔑・喜び）

The dog wagged its tail.
犬は尾を振った.

2 〈舌などを〉しきりに動かして話す.

3 ((〜 itで))((英俗))学校をさぼる.

━━(自)

1 〈頭・尾などが〉しきりに動く, 揺れる.

2 ((略式))〈舌などが〉絶えず［盛んに］動く. ▼特にうわさ話などをする場合.

3 ((英略式))〈人が〉立ち去る；旅行する；よろよろ歩く.

4 ((古風))〈事態が〉進む, 進行する.

5 ((英俗))（学校を）ずる休みする.

━━[名]

1 ((ふつう単数形))（頭・尾などを）振る［ゆする］こと((of ...))；一振り

with a wag of ...
…を振って.

2 ((古風))おどけ［いたずら］男；機知に富む人；((英俗))怠け者.

hop the wag

((俗))ずる休みする(play truant).chinwag (CHIN-wag)

noun
Chat, gossip.

verb intr.
To chat or gossip.

Etymology
Chin + wag.

Usage
"While the other stars were busy in their vans with make-up, scripts or waiting for their mobiles to go beep-beep, she (Lara Dutta) would have a heart-to-heart chinwag with them (crew members)." — Madhureeta Mukherjee; Lara Makes 'Masti' Crew Cry!; The Times of India (New Delhi); Feb 25, 2004.

"Jolyon Wagg: I'll send you a policy... No, better still, I 'll bring it myself. That'll give us a chance to have another chinwag together." — Herge; The Calculus Affair; Little Brown & Company; 1997.

chínwàg[chín・wàg]

((古風))[動](自)雑談をする.

━━[名]((a 〜))雑談, おしゃべり.

finger-wagging

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NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

The action of reprimanding or warning someone:the government is unable to resist such finger-wagging[AS MODIFIER]: a finger-wagging speech