wig out

British  

verb

1. informal (intr, adverb) to become extremely excited

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wig out Idioms  

1. Become or make wildly excited or irrational, as in He'll wig out when he gets the bill for that party. This idiom probably alludes to the earlier flip one's wig (see under flip one's lid). [Slang; c. 1950] Also see freak out, def. 2.

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Etymology

Origin of wig out

C20: from _bigwig

Example Sentences

We just sort of wig out a little bit and I'm in control of how long it goes and how intense it gets.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023

You don’t have to wig out whenever a tampon commercial comes on.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

One defiant arthropod, Roachkeishiana, refuses to scuttle when the lights come on and crafts a wig out of hair she finds in the bathtub.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

The Kansas City Chiefs are on a roll again thanks to division foes getting spooked by Mahomes the way opponents used to wig out when facing a young Peyton Manning.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021

I shake the wig out of my eyes.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner