wig
/wɪɡ/ verb C2- To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
- To upbraid, reprimand.
- To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically. · That guy must be high. Look how he's wigging.
- To shoot in the head.
He/she/it wigs · Past wigged · Past participle wigged · -ing form wigging
Verb forms
- Base form
- wig
- He/she/it
- wigs
- Past
- wigged
- Past participle
- wigged
- -ing form
- wigging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A BALD KNIGHT, who wore a wig, went out to hunt.
A sudden puff of wind blew off his hat and wig, at which a loud laugh rang forth from his companions.
“That’s the judge,” she said to herself, “because of his great wig.”
The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming.
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