What does "wig" mean?
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.
Wig
/wɪɡ/ adj, intj, noun, verb, slang
adj, intj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: 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.
- Grammar: wig is listed as adj, intj, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: hairpiece, periwig, toupee, admonishment.
- Useful contrasts: bald head, baldness, natural hair.
- Usage evidence: With his colored clothes, his long wig and his white gloves, one could guess he has run away from some kind of Disneyland.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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
Verb
- 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"
Adjective
- 1 Initialism of wing-in-ground. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Intj
- 1 An expression of shock. Internet
Example
"With his colored clothes, his long wig and his white gloves, one could guess he has run away from some kind of Disneyland."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "wig"?
Common synonyms include: hairpiece, periwig, toupee, admonishment, admonition, adorn.
How do you use "wig" in a sentence?
With his colored clothes, his long wig and his white gloves, one could guess he has run away from some kind of Disneyland.
How do you pronounce "wig"?
Pronounced /wɪɡ/.
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!