WIGWAGGING

WIGWAG

wigwag

(verb) signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code

wigwag

(verb) send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

wigwagging

present participle of wigwag.

Source: Wiktionary


WIGWAG

Wig"wag`, v. i. Etym: [See Wag, v. t.] (Naut.)

Definition: To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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