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Definition of wag : 1. A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
2. The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
3. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
4. To go; to depart; to pack oft.
5. To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
6. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.

Synonyms:

lineup, notice, bill, wamble, repetition, witticism, carte, wave, handshake, wittiness, handshaking, mentality, add-in, posting, brainpower, identity card, learning ability, carte du jour, placard, brain, milk shake, bill of fare, calling card, batting order, handclasp, mental capacity, board, poster, scorecard, shake, milkshake, visiting card, humour, circuit card, shingle, menu, circuit board, trill, switch, plug-in, shiver, waggle, humor

card, writer, actor, belletrist, scriptwriter, cutup, funnyman, columnist, playwright, comic, prankster, buffoon, dramatist, clown, author, gagman, essayist, jester, joker, punster, humorist, comedian, wit, banterer, copywriter, word smith

pulse, alternate, rock, totter, tick, throb, fluctuate, teeter-totter, tremble, bob, beat, radiate, vacillate, pulsate, vibrate, stagger, undulate, wobble, librate, oscillate, seesaw, sway

Usage examples:

• But he must needs play the impious, and the wag. - "The Memoirs of Louis XIV., Volume 10 And His Court and of The Regency", Duc de Saint-Simon.
• Such was the card that some wicked wag, one of Clarence's fellow- clerks probably, left at his lodgings in the course of the epidemic which was beginning its ravages even while we were upon our pleasant journey- a shade indeed to throw out the light. - "Chantry House", Charlotte M. Yonge.
• An' then, vor all I can but wag my hat An' thank en, I do veel a little shy. - "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect", William Barnes.