2020年2月6日 星期四

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) pronunciation
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

Line breaks: finger-wagging


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

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