Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twag

/twæɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twag
IPA: /twæɡ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To play truant.

British usage

noun

A wife or girlfriend of a tennis player.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Either way, the future looks secure for Tim and original Twag (tennis wife and/or girlfriend) Lucy. There's no need to become a PE teacher or pub landlord just yet."
"Number one TWAG (that's tennis WAG) Kim Sears put her best fashion foot forward at the opening day of Wimbledon yesterday."
"FORGET the beautiful women cheering on from the side lines at Euro 2016, now it’s time for the TWAGs (that’s tennis wives and girlfriends) to steal the spotlight."
"With her appearance in the Netflix series Break Point, Riddle is the unofficial queen TWAG, with Nick Kyrgios’ girlfriend Costeen Hatzi, US player Tommy Paul’s partner Paige Lorenze and Daria Sergeyevna’s girlfriend Natalia Zabiiako part of a growing online royal court."

Etymology

Unknown.

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

twags (present, singular) twagging (participle, present) twagged (participle, past) twagged (past) twagg (alternative) TWAGs (plural)

Derived Forms

twaglady twagman

Synonyms

play hooky skive skive off

Rhymes With

bag flag tag drag wave drag ag vague mag lag gag rag brag

Questions

How do you pronounce twag?: The recorded pronunciation is /twæɡ/.
What does twag mean?: To play truant.
Where does twag come from?: Unknown.

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