wigging
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wig1
▶noun a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair.
– derivatives
wigged adjective,
wigless adjective.
wigged adjective,
wigless adjective.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wig2
▶verb (wigs, wigging, wigged) informal
- 1 Brit. dated rebuke severely.
- 2 (wig out) chiefly N. Amer. become deliriously excited.
– derivatives
wigging noun.
wigging noun.
– origin C19: appar. from wig1, perh. from bigwig and assoc. with a rebuke given by a person in authority.
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