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WAG.

A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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noun/wæɡ/
  1. A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player.

    Ireland · informal
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”), mid-2000s.

noun/wæɡ/
  1. Acronym of wild-ass guess; a rough estimate.

    US · abbreviation · acronym · alt-of · informal · slang
  2. Acronym of women's artistic gymnastics.

    abbreviation · acronym · alt-of
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.