WIG

wig

(noun) hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

wig, wigging

(noun) British slang for a scolding

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

wig (plural wigs)

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.

(dated, among fishermen) An old seal.

Synonyms

• hairpiece

• toupee, toupe

• peruke

• periwig

Verb

wig (third-person singular simple present wigs, present participle wigging, simple past and past participle wigged)

To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).

(colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.

(colloquial, slang) To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions.

Adjective

WIG (not comparable)

(aviation, nautical) Initialism of wing-in-ground.

Synonyms

• wing-in-ground-effect, wing in ground-effect, wing-in-ground effect, wing in surface effect

• WISE, wing-in-surface-effect, wing in surface-effect, wing-in-surface effect, wing in surface effect

Source: Wiktionary

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Wig, n. Etym: [Abbreviation from periwig.]

1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.

2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.

Wig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wigging.]

Definition: To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang]

Wigg, Wig, n. Etym: [Cf. D. wegge a sort of bread, G. weck, orig., a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See Wedge.]

Definition: A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." Pepys.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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