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wig

[ wig ]

noun

  1. an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
  2. a similar head covering, worn in one's official capacity, as part of a costume, disguise, etc.
  3. a toupee or hairpiece.
  4. British Informal. a wigging.


verb (used with object)

, wigged, wig·ging.
  1. to furnish with a wig.
  2. British Informal. to reprimand or reprove severely; scold.

verb phrase

  1. Slang.
    1. to be intoxicated with narcotic drugs.
    2. to make or become wildly excited or enthusiastic:

      She wigs out over every rock star that comes along.

Wig.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Wigtownshire
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wig

2

/ wɪɡ /

noun

  1. an artificial head of hair, either human or synthetic, worn to disguise baldness, as part of a theatrical or ceremonial dress, as a disguise, or for adornment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. obsolete.
    to furnish with a wig
  2. slang.
    to berate severely
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • wigged, adjective
  • ˈwigˌlike, adjective
  • ˈwigless, adjective
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Other Words From

  • wigless adjective
  • wiglike adjective
  • un·wig verb (used with object) unwigged unwigging
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wig1

First recorded in 1665–75; short for periwig
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wig1

C17: shortened from periwig
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. flip one's wig, Slang. lid ( def 8 ).

More idioms and phrases containing wig

In addition to the idiom beginning with wig , also see flip one's lid (wig) .
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Example Sentences

One guy hams it up as Juliet, blonde wig and all, as a crowd gathers, delighted by the impromptu performance.

Lena, Emilia, and I are laughing because we sorted the wig thing out nice and early.

He gave us a little orphan girl in a red wig belting “Tomorrow.”

She arrived in court the next day wearing a platinum blonde wig, as if Cousin It had dressed as Malibu Barbie for Halloween.

When the music gets going, the woman in the Maude costume rocks so hard her wig comes loose.

When he was gone, Monsieur de Tressan flung off his wig, and mopped the perspiration from his brow.

He passed his handkerchief for the last time over face and head, and resumed his wig.

While a counsellor was pleading at the Irish bar, a louse unluckily peeped from under his wig.

Those two, Harry and Mary, are exactly alike, except for Harry's curly mane of lion-coloured wig.

He was an apprentice to a wig and curl maker, when Whitefield attracted his attention, and he became a methodist preacher.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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