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Definition of wag the dog
wag the dog
verb
- to distract attention from a more important subject.
Last edited on Apr 23 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'dog': | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: be in serious trouble. | |
| Definitions include: the best at something; "the man". | |
| Definitions include: to start drinking alcohol again in the morning to avoid feeling hung-over. | |
| Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts. | |
| Definitions include: raining hard. | |
| Definitions include: one of many apocryphal sex "moves". | |
| Definitions include: When a person deficates between a females breasts and then "titty fucks" that female | |
| Definitions include: very crazy. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of dog. | |
| Definitions include: a mess, from "dog's breakfast." | |
| Definitions include: daughter; acronym for "dear daughter". | |
| Definitions include: to engage in an unproductive activity; waste time. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: "dog and bone" is Cockney slang for phone. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
Other terms relating to 'wag': | |
| Definitions include: to not attend school or work, without permission. | |
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