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Wig
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of wing-in-ground. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 An expression of shock. Internet
- 1 A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
- 2 hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair wordnet
- 3 A bigwig.
"Ye’ve been grossly deceived and put upon, Milly, and it’s my belief his old ruffian of an uncle in a wig is in the plot against us."
- 4 British slang for a scolding wordnet
- 5 Among fishermen, an old seal. dated
- 1 To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
- 2 To upbraid, reprimand. colloquial, transitive
- 3 To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically. colloquial, intransitive, slang
"That guy must be high. Look how he's wigging."
- 4 To shoot in the head. Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive
"And I don't know nothin bout slippin Zombie killer or rambo twinnin Or a long pole like scaffold Just tryna rise and aim and wig him"
Etymology
Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!
Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!
Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!
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